On 30/11/15 00:31, Christoph Willing wrote:
On 11/30/2015 09:11 AM, Andrzej Telszewski wrote:
On 29/11/15 23:56, Christoph Willing wrote:
The only work is adding the options you want but that is also the
advantage - you have the options _you_ want rather some some arbitrary
set of options the maintainer wants or believes end users will want.
Actually, it's like that at the moment and it always will be like that.
I mean you will always have some choices that you can or not adjust to
your needs.
The difference is that "optional options" are mentioned in README,
whereas "required options" are placed in info - you put the optional
deps in *.info, which gives the whole thing better structure.
But it is always *YOU* who has to make the choice, the difference is how
the information about possible dependencies is given to you.
We need to bear in mind the difference between options and dependencies.
An added option may, or may not, entail an added build dependency i.e.
any added ENVOPTS (or whatever) field _may_ need adjustment to the
REQUIRED field too. In order to keep existing .info fields pristine, I
use an additional PREREQS field to keep track of additional
dependencies, leaving the REQUIRED field intact.
I think we understand each other, it's just wording that's awkward.
I would see it more less (without longer thinking) like that:
- additional file for optional dependencies, together with the
environment variable (if applicable),
- additional file for environment variables that do not require software
dependency.
That would require at least 2 things:
- forcing SlackBuild-s creators to use the particular structure - that's
not a problem, because SBo already has some requirements,
- making the website processing additional information to display it to
the user; it's important, because it would be error prone to expect the
SlackBuild creator to maintain README and additional meta-data files in
sync.
Still, is it worth? (Willy, I can here your voice behind my back:))
chris
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Pozdrawiam,
Best regards,
Andrzej Telszewski
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