I think you are referring to this mini-HOWTO: http://fd-doc.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php?n=FdDocEn.Distribution
Yes, I agree that the source package should contain everything short of the generated binaries. If there are dupe files, let them be overwritten. This mini-HOWTO needs to be updated to say that. -jh Eric Auer wrote: > Hi all, > > Blair pointed me to the fact that "source" packages > are not supposed to contain docs, according to our > specs. I object that recommendation. In my opinion, > "source" packages should contain everything outside > the bin directory, and "binary" packages should > contain everything outside the source directory. > > My reason for this recommendation is that end users > should have all documentation and that all documen- > tation in fact IS part of the source code. When we > work on updating a program, it has to be sufficient > to download ONLY the source package to create a new > version of the full binary package. > > One might say that this wastes space in situations > where you put both source and binary package zips > in one directory. Well. Shit happens. Or if that is > not acceptable, one could put "MINIMAL SOURCE" zip > packages in that directory, containing ONLY the > source directory contents. Along with a readme which > tells that the source zips in that directory can only > be used in combination with the binary zips. > > Source packages which are available via http should > contain the full docs. This avoids two problems: > > - people would otherwise have to download the old > exe even if they only wanted the docs, for example > for creating derived versions of the sources > > - programmers would otherwise easily forget to update > the docs or, even worse, the NLS files when they > modify the source code > > An alternative solution for all the hassles might be > to have the docs in a third zip. Then you would have > to download 2 of 3 zips for development and 2 of 3 > zips for using the program. And all 3 zips would have > minimal size. If anybody cares for size of source > packages. > > Still I would really prefer to have all docs in the > source zips! After all, people usually download only > the sources of SELECTED packages. And the open source > idea tells me that the sources are the origins of the > world, so it should not be necessary to download the > binary package to understand the sources. > > Eric > -- This email message has been encrypted using the ROT-26 cipher. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Freedos-devel mailing list Freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel
