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List:       kde-core-devel
Subject:    Re: CD Bake Oven in KDE3.1 (not a great name)
From:       Waldo Bastian <bastian () kde ! org>
Date:       2002-04-09 19:51:54
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On Tuesday 09 April 2002 02:05 am, Dirk Mueller wrote:
> On Mon, 08 Apr 2002, Waldo Bastian wrote:
> > Seperate as in 3 modules for 3 applications? I rather go for a scheme
> > where we have a limited number of CVS modules and source tarballs from
> > which multiple binary packages are build.
>
> Yes, sure. but nobody was yet able to design the build system for something
> like that. And I thought this was about applications with heavy
> dependencies (like the to-be-written kdeedu application using java
> bindings) mainly, not about adding redundant sets of apps to modules.

I think both issues are rooted in the same problem which is that grouping 
arbitrary programs in modules is very convenient for us, developers, but it 
is not necasserily the best solution for end-users.

As far as the build system goes, from the looks of 
master:/home/ftp/pub/kde/stable/3.0/Conectiva/7.0/RPMS.kde that seems to be a 
solvable problem. It's just that up to now the "big packages approach" was 
considered the best solution.

Cheers,
Waldo
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