On Sat, Aug 21, 2010 at 12:04:44PM +0100, Garth N. Wells wrote: > 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.
I'm working on it. Doesn't look too complicated. -- Anders _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~dorsal Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~dorsal More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
