Re: [linux-audio-dev] Packages again.

[Kevin Conder]

On Thu, 26 Jul 2001, Paul Davis wrote:

> Why don't I make my libraries available as RPMs or debian packages?
> Because I have better things to do with my development time than
> rebuilding, reuploading, re-doing a web page every time I fix a bug in
> a library. Thats why Ardour is currently a developer only system, and
> its why I use CVS, because I assume that developers will be happy
> using CVS because of the ease and low cost of updating it provides.

        Why not make it part of your build chain? Imagine something
like "make packages; make upload". I know there are scripts to generate
changelogs from CVS check-in comments. Why not add a step and have it
update a Web-site also?

        Wasn't it ESR who said "release early, release often"?


=== Kevin Conder