On Tue, 11 Mar 2014 09:03:21 +0100 Pierre Couderc <[email protected]> said:
> Well, db pakages are fantastic for the users... if there is a maintainer for users who use debian systems (use the distro you package for) - yes! :) for others - useless. :) if it is just for personal use, they are overkill if you know you'll ensure dependencies are there and keep your systems homogeneous (ie same distro with same deps/version). that's what i do - my syste,s mostyl run the same distro and i keep them up to date to the same "newness" give or take a few weeks of updates at most. > who does the dirty work, and moreover who does it along the time. > "Normal" user does not know an does not have to know "make install" but > may use synaptic, or maybe apt-get... yes. but writing all the deb packaging files and their required content is a fair bit of hunting down info and messing with lots of files. vs poor mans tarball, it's much more work. just saying. if you re happy to do the work - then do it! :) > Le 11/03/2014 01:25, Carsten Haitzler (The Rasterman) a écrit : > > in effect deb pkgs (rpm and others) do the above work for you.. and > > then some (handle dependencies, conflicts etc.). i personally have > > done the above "poor mans package" often enough as it frankly is far > > less work (barrier of entry) than making a proper pkg (be it rpm, deb > > or arch pkg), but of the packaging systems out there, debian is by far > > the most painful in terms of initial footwork to get a package up. rpm > > is next (easier - a single simple generic spec file will do a good > > job) and probably arch is next), wityh poor-mans packages (tarballs) > > being the easiest. :) > -- ------------- Codito, ergo sum - "I code, therefore I am" -------------- The Rasterman (Carsten Haitzler) [email protected] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Learn Graph Databases - Download FREE O'Reilly Book "Graph Databases" is the definitive new guide to graph databases and their applications. Written by three acclaimed leaders in the field, this first edition is now available. Download your free book today! http://p.sf.net/sfu/13534_NeoTech _______________________________________________ enlightenment-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-users
