Dagobert Michelsen <[email protected]> writes: > Hi Peter, > > Am 27.01.2016 um 19:21 schrieb Peter FELECAN <[email protected]>: >> Carsten Grzemba <[email protected]> writes: >> >>> Packages for x86 and Sparc: IPS can deliver both architectures in one >>> package. >> >> Can or must ? If the former, we can just deliver mon architectural >> packages as we do today. I don't see where is the advantage of >> delivering multi-architectural packages. Is the transport/storage cost >> so low that we can ignore it now ? > > Well, an IPS-package is usually not a blob but installed into a repository > server. A client retreives only the files he needs. This may add development > files for a library, localization files for the locales you like, optimized > and debug versions or just the correct ISA. It is easier for the user if > we provide combined packages and I don’t see any drawbacks (apart from > people who manually extract p5p-archives and transfer these to the clients > which would be very non-ips-lile).
Well, this shows my ignorance in terms of IPS packaging. The glimpse you offer here makes me think that IPS is a different beast from any packaging system that I'm used to. When I have some time to spend on it I'll read about in more detail to understand it. Until then, I'll lurk in these discussions. -- Peter
