On Tue, 31 May 2011 18:44:38 +0200 Carsten Munk <[email protected]> wrote:
> 2011/5/31 Arjan van de Ven <[email protected]>: > >> ***This is possible to do even now by abusing noarch.*** > >> ***Just create a noarch package with binaries for all > >> architectures inside and ln/copy binaries for current arch to > >> correct places in postinst script.*** > >> > > > > > > guys.. this is madness. > > > > > > Android builds your NDK binary multiple times, once for each > > architecture you choose (x86, armv5, armv7 etc). > > For MeeGo, the same will be true.... > > just we have a way of distributing binaries that's slightly more > > finegrained than the android model and our output of the build > > ends up nicely split up, saving download time as well as disk space. > > > > > > nothing to see... lets move on. > > I assume you're talking about the idea of many architectures in one > RPM as madness which I do agree with. Could you look at the original > thread starter post? > > It is entirely okay to call the original thread starter madness, just > wanted to make sure the original idea is not dismissed out of hand > because of 'fat' RPMs getting proposed further down in the thread :) I think the instruction set architecture is actually the lesser problem for developers. The bigger problem is that the displays and UXs on target devices are substantially different, to the point where they require different code. > > BR > Carsten Munk > > > > _______________________________________________ > > MeeGo-dev mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.meego.com/listinfo/meego-dev > > http://wiki.meego.com/Mailing_list_guidelines > > > _______________________________________________ > MeeGo-dev mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.meego.com/listinfo/meego-dev > http://wiki.meego.com/Mailing_list_guidelines -- Bernd Stramm [email protected] _______________________________________________ MeeGo-dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.meego.com/listinfo/meego-dev http://wiki.meego.com/Mailing_list_guidelines
