On 14-02-28 09:23:52, Dan McGee wrote: > On Fri, Feb 28, 2014 at 9:04 AM, Pierre Neidhardt <[email protected]>wrote: > > > 1. Packagers who want to test the package() function, i.e. to check the > > content > > of the pkg/ folder. > > > > 2. Developers who want to check how the packaged version of a program > > looks, in > > other words how the pkg/ folder looks. > > > > 3. For users of systems with no port tree, makepkg can ease package > > creation. > > However the resulting archive of the whole makepkg process is often > > useless. > > > > For all situations, makepkg will usually be called several times. But no > > archive > > (the final package) is needed in any cases. The archive creation ends up > > being a > > waste of time and resource, especially for big applications and slow > > machines. > > > > Signed-off-by: Pierre Neidhardt <[email protected]> > > --- > > > Not looking at the code, outside of noting this uses a shortopt for a > likely not-oft-used feature. So -1 for having '-a', although the idea > behind the patch seems fine and accessing it via '--noarchive' seems > friendly enough.
You are right, I'll remove it. I'am waiting for other review (if any), then I will submit a new patch. -- Pierre Neidhardt "What the scientists have in their briefcases is terrifying." -- Nikita Khrushchev
