Hello, On Nov 9 10:22 Michal Marek wrote: > Cristian Rodriguez wrote: > > What is the specific reason for having foobar-mini packages ? > > > > I guess those provides less functionality but for what use cases are > > needed or what is the rationale behind them ? > > To minimize build dependencies and/or break cycles. They only live > inside autobuild, because they have no use in a running system.
In the Java/JPackage world we use *-bootstrap as package name for such kind of packages, e.g.: antlr-bootstrap.rpm, ecj-bootstrap.rpm, xerces-j2-bootstrap.rpm, xml-commons-apis-bootstrap.rpm, xml-commons-resolver-bootstrap.rpm, xml-commons-which-bootstrap.rpm Kind Regards Johannes Meixner -- SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Maxfeldstrasse 5, 90409 Nuernberg, Germany AG Nuernberg, HRB 16746, GF: Markus Rex --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
