Sounds good to me. -- Dave
On Apr 20, 2011, at 12:16 PM, Alexander Hansen wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > 3.7 Source Policy > > Sources should normally be downloaded from the location(s) that the > upstream developer(s) use, and any modifications for Fink should be done > through the use of a PatchFile and/or a PatchScript. Do not make changes > manually and use a changed source archive as a Source in your Fink > packaging. > > If a VCS checkout (e.g. from git or svn) is to be used, e.g. because a > project doesn't do formal releases, or a fix for a particular issue has > been added between releases of a package, an acceptable source can be > generated via the following method: > > Check out the package, preferably at a definite revision of the VCS. > Make an archive from the VCS checkout (e.g. zip, tar, tar.gz, or tar.bz2). > Include the VCS revision in the archive name, e.g. foo-0svn1234.tar.gz > for a package that doesn't make releases, or bar-1.2.3+svn4567.tar.bz2 > for a Fink package which is between upstream releases. > > Upload the tarball to a site where fink can download it. > Also, put the commands that you ran to generate the source tarball in > the DescPackaging field. > > > 3.8 File Download Policy > > Packages are not to download any files during the unpack, patch, > compile, install, or build phases of the build process. Any large > patches (i.e. larger than can be accommodated conveniently in a > PatchFile) that need to be applied should set up as additional Sources > in accordance with the Source Policy. > > Packages may download data after they have been installed on the system > in a PostInstScript. > > > - -- > Alexander Hansen, Ph.D. > Fink User Liaison > http://finkakh.wordpress.com/ > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (Darwin) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ > > iEYEARECAAYFAk2vMRYACgkQB8UpO3rKjQ9ZpwCghdf/40VXT4NHzuFFJ7vfuZL6 > RwQAn3ztJ620cNTrxhYh4LZeyJi/321E > =OyA+ > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Benefiting from Server Virtualization: Beyond Initial Workload > Consolidation -- Increasing the use of server virtualization is a top > priority.Virtualization can reduce costs, simplify management, and improve > application availability and disaster protection. Learn more about boosting > the value of server virtualization. http://p.sf.net/sfu/vmware-sfdev2dev > _______________________________________________ > Fink-devel mailing list > Fink-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > List archive: > http://news.gmane.org/gmane.os.apple.fink.devel > Subscription management: > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-devel ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Benefiting from Server Virtualization: Beyond Initial Workload Consolidation -- Increasing the use of server virtualization is a top priority.Virtualization can reduce costs, simplify management, and improve application availability and disaster protection. Learn more about boosting the value of server virtualization. http://p.sf.net/sfu/vmware-sfdev2dev _______________________________________________ Fink-devel mailing list Fink-devel@lists.sourceforge.net List archive: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.os.apple.fink.devel Subscription management: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-devel
