On 9 February 2011 00:44, Ahmad Samir <[email protected]> wrote: > On 1 February 2011 18:45, Michael Scherer <[email protected]> wrote: > > [...] > >> /packages >> --------- >> http://svnweb.mageia.org/packages/ >> >> /packages is where you can find specs files, patches and everything >> needed to rebuild packages. The best way to access is is using mgarepo, >> as explained by the wiki and boklm. >> There is 2 directories : >> misc -> contains the old changelog of imported packages >> >> cauldron -> 1 directory per package name >> >> In a package directory ( like >> http://svnweb.mageia.org/packages/cauldron/acpi/ ), you will find >> 3 subdirectories most of the time : >> >> pristine/ >> releases/ >> current/ >> >> pristine/ hold the latest submitted rpm ( ie, the specs and sources ). >> releases/ work like the tags directory of usual subversion layout, with >> the older version of the rpms, and current/ is the current work. >> >> When using mgarepo, it take current/, and that's where people should >> look for the newest version. >> >> Since no one except some people who work on the BS will likely be >> interested in the details, I will not go further ( being myself in the >> list of those that do not remember the details :p ) >> > > For firefox users, you can access the spec file of a package directly > using the firefox keyword feature: > - Open Bookmarks -> Show all bookmarks > - Right click the folder you want to create the bookmark in, then > "Create new bookmark" > - Location should be: > http://svnweb.mageia.org/packages/cauldron/%s/current/SPECS/%s.spec > > - Open "More", and put the keyword you want in the Keyword box (for > example svnm) > > - To use it, in firefox Location/url bar type: > svnm amarok > > and press Enter. That should directly open > http://svnweb.mageia.org/packages/cauldron/amarok/current/SPECS/amarok.spec > > (what it does is replace each %s with the text you type after the keyword). > > [...] > -- > Ahmad Samir >
Forgot to say that you can create another one for stable releases, by replacing /cauldron/ with /1/ in the url in the Location url when creating the bookmark (of course, with a different keyword). -- Ahmad Samir
