On Tuesday 30 September 2003 11:01 am, you wrote:
> Le Mardi 30 Septembre 2003 17:31, Texstar a �crit :
> > > > > Oh I agree on this one.
> > > > >
> > > > > I don't think splitting KDE was such a good idea and I suspect it
> > > > > will com back to bite mandrake.
> > > > >
> > > > > Keep It simple!
> > > > >
> > > > > -randy
> > > >
> > > > And splitting a single application (kopete and others) into 3-4
> > > > seperate rpms just doesnt make sense.
> > >
> > > Why ?
> >
> > Why split it if no other application is going to use that applications
> > library?
>
> This is need to make simple upgrade on some other arch. This make help to
> not have stupid dependencies between package.
> This does not break nothing.
>
> If one days another need the library, works will be done !
>
> > > Do you know libification ?
> >
> > Yes and but sometimes a good idea can be taken too far.
>
> Why ? Because you can't understand why we do this ?
> Are you sure you're the good poeple to explain how to package:

Lets take a simple application and split it into 3 rpms. One for the 
application, one for the library and one for the development libraries 
because thats the Mandrake way of doing things. Makes perfect sense to me.

Im not telling anyone how to package anything. I was asking a question as to 
why simple applications are being split into multiple rpms. I wanted to know 
why. If it makes it easier on the packagers when rebuilding for a different 
arch then its a good thing. If it was being done simply because it was the 
Mandrake way of doing things then it doesnt make sense. 
 
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] texstar]$ ls 9.2/rpms/
> hpijs-1.4.1-1tex.i586.rpm
> kdemoreartwork-plastik-0.3.7-2tex.i586.rpm
> kdemoreartwork-plastik-0.3.7-2tex.i586.rpm
>
> How can you make 9.2 rpms ? You can't know which rpms are within, nobody
> have access to the distro at time, except mandrake's poeple.

I know Laurent isnt going to make any major revisions to the kde contained in 
RC-2 updated cooker so whatever is duplicated if any will be removed from the 
ibiblio directory and a hdlist will be generated following some kind of 
announcement on pclo once 9.2 is released.


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