Hi, Boris Pek <[email protected]> writes: >> I probably won't sponsor the package, but I was wondering if it is >> really necessary to build 53 binary packages (if I did not miscount)? > > The short answer: yes, it is. > > Here I can cite the description from my first message: >> LeechCraft is a free open source cross-platform modular internet-client. It >> consists of a core which defines common plugin interfaces and a lot of >> plugins >> for different purposes. User can install any combination of them to achieve >> the necessary functionality. >> >> The main advantage of such approach is that modules could interact more >> closely >> than standalone programs in usual Desktop Environments. Thus, plugins can >> also >> rely on functionality provided by each other. Plugins could also have their >> own >> plugins: for example, support for different protocols or chat window styles >> in >> an IM client. > > I made separate packages for each plugin. So user will be able to install only > those packages which he really need. This is the main idea of the project... > LeechCraft is very flexible.
This seems to be a bit excessive. There is no real use in having many tiny packages for every function; please keep in mind that this will make the Packages index even larger (which also affects users that do not even have the package installed). For example, I think many of the leechcraft-azoth-* packages could be merged into a single package: they do not seem to be very large nor introduce large dependencies according to an build log I found on launchpad[1]. Regards, Ansgar [1] <https://launchpadlibrarian.net/84683703/buildlog_ubuntu-precise-i386.leechcraft-unstable_0.4.90-670-g4cccdc3-0ppa1~precise1_BUILDING.txt.gz> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
