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On Fri, 16 Sep 2011 08:39:48 -0500 |
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Donnie Berkholz <dberkholz@g.o> wrote: |
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> On 11:36 Fri 16 Sep , Michał Górny wrote: |
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> > The question is: where to store such a directory list? |
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> > Keeping it inside project sources doesn't seem right as it would |
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> > require me to bump and re-release project every time a directory is |
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> > added. Keeping it in separate package which would need to be kept |
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> > in sync doesn't seem too good either. |
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> > That's why I'm considering including a tiny file in gx86 (and |
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> > possibly other repositories) itself. Such a file could have a |
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> > simple format and specify mappings of 'install-mask names' (similar |
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> > to USE flag names) to lists of directories and possibly |
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> > descriptions. |
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> Do something like layman or repoman where it auto-fetches |
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> periodically. Layman has the advantage of also supporting add-on |
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> files in addition to the main one. |
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I'm not sure if it's a good idea. Layman operations usually involve |
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network I/O, mine will not. I don't really want users to pay for GPRS |
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because install-mask does auto-update check. |
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> I don't want this in my repo. |
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By *your* repo you mean dev overlay? Noone forces you to declare |
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additional paths. |
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Best regards, |
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Michał Górny |