Jonathan Underwood wrote: > On 08/12/2007, Jonathan Underwood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> On 08/12/2007, Tom Eastep <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> It is my intention that distributions apply those >>> patches consecutively to the base release to produce the distribution >>> release. >> OK, thanks Tom, that is a useful clarification, I'll stick with that >> strategy. > > Actually, I wonder if it wouldn't be useful to have a clearer > directory structure. Perhaps: > > shorewall-4.X.Y containing the base tarballs > shorewall-4.X.Y/errata as it currently is > shorewall-4-X.Y/patched containing the patched tarballs > > or some other structure which better reflects the situation.
That strategy hides the latest packages where the average fool will never find them. I would rather have shorewall-4.X.Y/base contain the base packages. -Tom -- Tom Eastep \ Nothing is foolproof to a sufficiently talented fool Shoreline, \ http://shorewall.net Washington USA \ [EMAIL PROTECTED] PGP Public Key \ https://lists.shorewall.net/teastep.pgp.key
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