TMC wrote: > > I am trying to understand GNUstep Startup better. It is like a metapackage, > right? It just downloads and installs the necessary packages. In that case, > I think we ought to remove the individual packages from the repositories; > the packagers need only maintain Startup. Also that would be a good way to > consolidate all the knowledge in the platform-specific build guides.
Startup doesn't download anything, it contains copies of all the other tar.gz files. Also, I don't think it is suitable for use when building packages for a distro. It is better to keep the parts separate so they may be updated individually. For a package manager, a "metapackage" normally means a package with no content that depends on the actual packages to install. One would not use Startup for that. Please note that I have never used Startup myself, but the way I see it, it's mainly a script that takes care of installing five or six source tarballs with a single command. This is for individuals that want to download one file and install it on a system where GNUstep is not available from a repository. For which it is great, and a tremendous time saver. It is currently not as flexible as configuring the individual parts, though. It doesn't support different filesystem layouts, for instance. Truls _______________________________________________ Discuss-gnustep mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss-gnustep
