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Subject: | Re: pkgconfig |
Date: | Sun, 24 Feb 2002 21:39:04 +1100 |
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=== ----- Original Message ----- From: "Charles Wilson" <cwilson AT ece DOT gatech DOT edu> > > For the package, yes. For the location, I think contrib. IMO *everything* thats not absolutely essential is contributed :}. > > > I disagree. IMO, the distinction between contrib and latest is > precisely zero. Is 'opengl' (latest) more essential than 'perl' > (contrib)? Is 'ctags' (latest) more essential than 'gettext' (contrib)? > cpio? mt? bc? clear? (all latest) -- these are hardly essential for > most users. Ah yeah, I was getting at the idea that we just push everything new into one place I guess. > Well, yeah, me too -- but setup got confused, according to some users, > the last time we tried moving packages around (ncurses). Lets verify > that the soon-to-be-released setup can handle moving ONE package > (gettext?) before advocating a wholesale rearrangement. (AND give > everybody out there some time to switch from the old 'stable' setup to > the new 2.194.2.x one). What, change control? Ha!. Seriously though, setup will handle it fine, as package comparison is directory tree context free. upset might be a little though. Rob
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