2006/6/26, Éric Bischoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
Le Lundi 26 Juin 2006 15:47, Kay Ramme - Sun Germany - Hamburg a écrit: > > - OOo should not attempt to build its own packages, at least under Linux. > > Under Linux, that's the distributions' work! > > This problem is related to the "make install" one. > > In my opinion, OOo is showing the right approach here, it is IMHO > unfortunate and a waste of time, that everybody patches and builds > everything by its own, leading to small incompatibilities and bugs here > and there ... Okay, we have diverging opinions on this point ;-). 1) I think it just makes the life of OOo package maintainers in the Linux distributions much harder. I suppose that they basically rpm-install the OOo packages, and then repackage them. Or some might have come with the idea of short-circuiting the build process just before the packages are made and then simulate a "make install". Any package maintainer listening here to confirm or denegate what I am saying ? I used to work in a linux distribution, so I think I can express opinions on this topic, but some package maintainers might see that differently.
I am trying to fit OOo2 into our sourcebuilding packaging system, and I agree with your point. Having to go over rpms feels "stupid" in a way where not everything is meant to end up at /usr/local or where linux isn't necessarily implying you use (and like) rpms. If not for those reasons, then for the reason that zillions of other opensource products happen to have a "unpack ; configure ; make ; make install" routine well built in into the spines of us builders. -- Some mornings, it's just not worth gnawing through the straps...
