On Sat, 2010-08-21 at 15:58 +0530, Harish Narayanan wrote: > On 8/21/10 3:48 PM, Garth N. Wells wrote: > > On Sat, 2010-08-21 at 15:40 +0530, Harish Narayanan wrote: > >> On 8/21/10 2:07 PM, Garth N. Wells wrote: > >>> It seems that we're all happy with the supported/contributed > >>> distinction, so could we split the supported and contributed files into > >>> separate directories? > >>> > >>> Garth > >>> > >>> On Aug 21 2010, Harish Narayanan wrote: > >>> > >>>> On 8/21/10 4:34 AM, Anders Logg wrote: > >>>>> On Sat, Aug 21, 2010 at 12:19:01AM +0200, Anders Logg wrote: > >>>>>> On Fri, Aug 20, 2010 at 10:23:10PM +0100, Garth N. Wells wrote: > >>>>>>> Would it good to split the platform files into 'supported' and > >>>>>>> 'contributed'? We can test 'supported' platforms (recent, widely > >>>>>>> used recent OSs that we really want to work), but still allow users > >>>>>>> to contribite. > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> Garth > >>>>>> > >>>>>> That sounds like a good idea to me. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Dorsal could write a warning for contributed platforms that they may > >>>>>> not work. > >>>>> > >>>>> I guess it would also be good to list who is maintaining each of the > >>>>> supported platforms so we know who to blame when things break. > >>>> > >>>> Or who to direct support queries on the mailing list to. I can > >>>> maintain/support Snow Leopard (64-bit) for now as it is my primary OS. > >> > >> Would it be easier just to add a boolean flag to the packages? > >> > > > > I would prefer separate directories - that would make it very clear for > > us and users which are supported and which are not. We can focus on > > making sure that all platforms in 'supported' are working, and over time > > shift files form 'supported' to 'contributed'. > > OK, I agree and think this is a good plan. >
Will you create the directories? I don't know, or want to know, how to look in two directories using bash. Garth > Harish _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~dorsal Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~dorsal More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
