Florent Daigniere skrev: > Zero3 wrote: > >> >> IMHO, Freenet should be packaged for Linux distros anyway, compeletely >> eliminating the need for a Linux installer (besides whatever scripting >> the package installation requires) and terminal installation procedures. >> > > Send a patch. > > Is that meant as a "i-don't-care-smart-ass-comment" or a friendly suggestion?
>> I am aware of certain people thinking that Freenet develops too >> quickly/doesn't fit into package systems at all, but the advantages >> still seem to be much greater than the disadvantages as I see it. >> >> > > We all agree that packaging makes sense... but they are two problems in > freenet's case: > 1- the source code evolves too fast, meaning that the packages will be > unsuitable to be included in the main distro's repositories... That > means that the user *will* have to do something to his packaging system > to install freenet. On debian that would mean adding a new repository: > arguably that's not simple and it requires r00t priviledges, which isn't > the case of the current installer. > 2- Lack of manpower: It's way faster/easier to maintain ONE platform > agnostic installer than N packages for N distributions. > 1) Surely it is possible to package connectable version of Freenet which will automatically update itself over Freenet (or perhaps a fallback to update over http)? (If package managers won't allow you to override packaged files, update to an "overlay" directory where any files will transparently override the packaged files) 2) Once you have created the packages and take advantage of the features of package management, it seems easier to me. But that's a hard thing to argue both for or against. > >> I do see the reasoning behind using IzPack (isn't that the name?) >> because of cross-platform support though, but assuming Linux is the >> future, and Linux apps ought to be packaged anyway, we only have Windows >> and Mac left, leaving less reason to be bound to the, perhaps less >> intuitive, IzPack installation? >> >> - Zero3 >> > > Huh. See my other emails... > Which? (Sorry if I missed any relevant) - Zero3
