On 8/21/10 4:59 PM, Anders Logg wrote: > 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'?
In contributed, yes. Harish _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~dorsal Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~dorsal More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
