On 05/16, Kevin A. McGrail wrote: > Do we want to remove all the files and leave a README instead? In > short, should we be trying to maintain these files at all?
More immediately relevant, this is how I was going to test 3.3.2 on my server. Installing from tarballs or cpan is too messy. The debian build directory isn't generally something that needs to get updated often. On 05/16, Mark Martinec wrote: > full jurisdiction over their packaging. Having two alternatives offered > is just confusing to end-users. And as someone who has, for years, been building stuff from tarballs, installing .debs, and occasionally lucky enough to find a tarball that allows me to build a .deb from the latest source: This isn't going to confuse anyone. At worst, it gets neglected, stops working (the state it's currently in), and when people attempt to run dpkg-buildpackage, it fails, they feel slightly disappointed, and resort to one of the other methods (tar, cpan, or probably older binary package). As evidence, note the complete lack of hysteria resulting from the current debian directory not updated since 2004. On 05/16, Kevin A. McGrail wrote: > I would again suggest a README pointing to the location of these > files for people to grap if they so deem necessary rather than > another requirement to maintain. That's significantly more complicated than running dpkg-buildpackage. I don't think I've seen anyone recommend that anywhere. And updating it in the repo is easy work for me to do. What's your objection to including it? It makes using the latest versions easier for some people, without harming anything. > I have no idea if these are up-to-date but I doubt it. They likely > are a good starting point, though. This is what made me think the RedHat packaging information is up to date: On 05/14, McDonald, Dan wrote: > Built an rpm fine. Only change from the Mandriva source rpm in cooker ( Actually, the download page also says building an rpm (RedHat package) from the tarball works: Simply run: sudo rpmbuild -tb Mail-SpamAssassin-3.3.1.tar.gz - http://spamassassin.apache.org/downloads.cgi -- "When we remember we are all mad, the mysteries of life disappear and life stands explained." - Mark Twain http://www.ChaosReigns.com
