On Sat, Aug 21, 2010 at 04:49:16PM +0530, Harish Narayanan wrote: > On 8/21/10 4:34 PM, 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 will do it. Before which, I'd like to classify existing (future) > platforms into the following. I'll start, others can modify it. > > deprecated (will be removed): > > bigblue > etch > fedora10 > fedora11 > gutsy > hardy > intrepid > jaunty > tiger > opensuse11.1 > rhel4 > xp > > > supported: > > lenny (by whom?) > sid (by whom?) > fedora12 (by whom?) > fedora13 (by whom?) > fenics (harish) > karmic (by whom?) > lucid (by whom?) > maverick (by whom?) > leopard (by whom?) > snowleopard (harish) > opensuse11.2 (by whom?) > opensuse11.3 (by whom?) > rhel5 (by whom?) > > > contributed: > > gentoo
Sorry, didn't see this until I pushed a fix. I've added deprecated now also. Most platforms are now in 'contrib'. We can go ahead and move them into 'supported' as we go along (or deprecated). Shouldn't 'bigblue' be in 'contrib'? -- Anders _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~dorsal Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~dorsal More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
