On Mon, 22 Oct 2007, Lars Marowsky-Bree wrote:

> On 2007-10-18T13:07:45, Andrew Beekhof <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > Quick question, does anyone know if the pkg and port directories need
> > to live in their current location?
> >
> > If not, I'm considering moving them to contrib/build/(pkg|port) where
> > they'd also be joined by the openBSD port-build-file-thingies.
>
> I think that ought to be fine; we might want to create a packaging/
> top-directory though, and move the debian, rpm stuff there as well.
>
> > Also can someone refresh my memory as to which system each targets?
> > pkg ::= solaris
> > port ::= freebsd
>
> Yeah, that's what I recall too.

Yes, "pkg" is used by Solaris (and anything else that might want to jump
on that bandwagon).

I can't see any objection to migrating the "pkg" directory down into a
subdirectory related to OS-related building.  Indeed, such a tidy-up of
the top-level, by migrating all such OS/building items (such as "port",
"pkg", "debian", rpm="heartbeat.spec"), seems good.

So "+1" for a migration of these things into a subdirectory.


Are we voting between potential names "packaging/" and "contrib/build/"?
I would vote for "packaging/".  This is stuff that we (to a first
approximation: developers with Hg commit access) try to support, as
distinct from "contrib/", which would be stuff (which might include a
packaging mechanism) provided by others for which we ourselves would not
offer support.

So a gentle "+1" in favour of "packaging/" rather than "contrib/.../" for
the existing cases.


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