On Tue, Mar 05, 2013 at 11:13:51AM +0100, Rob Hoelz wrote: > I already have my own package for Arch Linux for Rakudo Star, and I keep > the OS X homebrew package up-to-date as well. I'd like to create an RPM > spec file and a DEB spec file as well. I have two questions: > > 1) Do these spec files belong in the Rakudo Star repository?
I have no problem with maintaining spec files in any of the Rakudo-related repos (NQP, Rakudo, Star). > 2) Which makes more sense: having a Rakudo Star package that depends on > a separate Rakudo package (so Rakudo Star would only consist of modules > and applications), or having a Rakudo Star package that conflicts with a > separate Rakudo package (so users may install one or the other)? [...] I suspect to ever be considered for official inclusion in Debian/Ubuntu distros, you'd have to have the first option (separate compiler and module packages). And moreso: they likely prefer to see each module as its own package, rather than a single package containing a complete collection of modules. (I think module collections in the .deb world tend to be managed as packages with dependencies, as opposed to all-in-one packages.) It may also be worth noting/reminding that Rakudo Star has never been intended to be the "only" or even "primary" module collection, it's just one of the first. It could make good sense to come up with a new P6 distribution that is better tailored to the needs of OS distros. Pm
