On Wed, Feb 23, 2005 at 02:29:40AM -0000, Risto Treksler wrote: > > No, it's more - "If you want to ensure that bugs get fixed, use > > CVS." I can't quite fix bugs that don't ever happen to me and > > aren't reported. If people don't test CVS, then they're not going > > to report bugs until a release is made. > > but most people don't even know what cvs _is_ also installing from > cvs usually means losing the benefits of package management. As this > thread demonstrates, a lot of people are not using CVS, whatever the > reason is. > > Perhaps RPMS made nightly out of CVS are needed? I know the MAC > frontend has them available at http://whpress.com/mythtv/ If anyone > knows any others please post them too. > > Alternatively ppl can make their own RPMS out of CVS I am attaching > a "script/HOWTO" on how to do this using Mandrake 10.1 > > Hopefully somebody finds it useful
I use CVS, but would still find packages useful (RPM, debian, etc.) for their other characteristics (mostly for file management, so that /usr/local/ doesn't become a junkyard full of forgotten cruft). Why doesn't whomever is knowledgeable about RPM/debian/whatever packaging just submit those packaging files into CVS, so that people can build their own packages and get the benefits of packaging (file tracking, etc.), but still be able to tweak for their own installation if desired? Would something like that be accepted into CVS? Or do people think it would be a non-starter due to people's own myriad preferences? For example, much of mythtv/contrib/etc.* doesn't really work for me (seems to be RedHat-centric), so I have to assume that any kind of debian/* stuff I come up with for myself for debian packaging would similarly not work that well for others ... --Rob
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