Re: Where to put spec files...

["R.I.P. Deaddog" <maddog linuxhall org>]

On 19 Jan 2002, Gregory Leblanc wrote:

> I've been thinking about this, and I think that I'd like to move the
> .spec files, and debian/ dirs, and Solaris/slackware packaging stuff out
> of the main directory for -all- modules.  Since 99% of the time, the
> people maintaining the code aren't the same people maintaining the .spec
> files, it doesn't really belong "in with the code".  Having it in the

Yes, I agree completely with this. Seperating the packaging stuff in
this case doesn't mean adding too much admin cost, if the packaging
files are maintained by 3rd party instead.

> top directory, named only for the package name is somewhat unfriendly to
> SuSE and other RPM based distributions.  So, the solution that I think
> will probably work best, is to create a subdirectory called "packaging/"
> (suggestions on the name most welcome!).  Inside of this directory, we
> can put, for example, redhat-gnome-core.spec.in,
> suse-gnome-core.spec.in, debian/, and whatever else we might need, for
> any other Solaris/Slackware/Irix/other packages.  Thoughts?

For this, I'd suggest adding subdir under packaging/, such as
"packaging/redhat/", "packaging/debian/" etc. This way each distribution
or OS can maintain it's own naming convention of packaging stuff too.

Abel

> 	Greg
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