From kde-core-devel Wed May 30 15:33:55 2001 From: Rob Kaper Date: Wed, 30 May 2001 15:33:55 +0000 To: kde-core-devel Subject: PROPOSAL (Re: kdesupport: let's get rid of it, now.) X-MARC-Message: https://marc.info/?l=kde-core-devel&m=99123697529580 On Wed, May 30, 2001 at 04:05:09PM +0200, David Faure wrote: > I guess we could solve this by saying that kdesupport is for SOURCE users > only, and that packagers should grab the original things, and *never* > package kdesupport itself. > > Well, that's just like qt-copy. For source user's convenience only, not > for packaging. I vote for going that way then. Ok for adding new libs to > kdesupport, but forbidden to package them ;) Nice summary and I agree. My proposal: We should change kdesupport in such a way that it only contains a README and the source tarballs (perhaps extracted) and _no_ Makefile.cvs and all that crap. kdesupport is _not_ to be compiled as a whole, it's a container for these packages only. Alternatively, we keep them all in one location on the FTP servers. I think most of us agree that we should remove kdesupport-the-compilable-module but we want to continue providing the sources of packages we depend on. I will change the configure.in.bot's messages to phrase something like this: You do not have package X installed. It is required because it is used for [task]. Please install X before continuing KDE compilation. If your distribution does not provide a binary package for X then you can download it from [homepage] and compile it yourself. The kdesupport package/ftpdir provides a copy of the source tarballs of most packages for convenience. Rob -- Rob Kaper | 'What? In riddles?' said Gandalf. 'No! For I was talking cap@capsi.com | aloud to myself. A habit of the old: they choose the wisest www.capsi.com | person present to speak to; the long explanations needed by | the young are wearying.' - "Lord of the Rings", JRR Tolkien