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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: packet managment for compiled-from-source?
From:       Thiago Macieira <thiago.macieira () kdemail ! net>
Date:       2003-11-28 23:10:29
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Friedrich W. H.  Kossebau wrote:
> I would think that there can be much more and better support
>for building packages put right into the build system. No need to create
>doc-pak directories, make files description-pak but have it all build in!

That's what the packagers have been doing all along. Check their mailing list.

I'm quite sure you can find their package building tools and files if you ask 
them.

>There are debian directories all over the repository so I can imagine some
>kind of such support is already available but limited to the apt system.
>Right (Ralf)?

That's for convenience. The Debian packager is, apparently, the only one who 
has asked to keep his build files in CVS. Other packagers keep their files 
somewhere else.

Just imagine the sheer number of RPM .spec files we'd have if everyone kept 
their files in our CVS. Besides, developers aren't supposed to update each 
and every distribution's package instructions when they make changes to KDE 
build. I know I don't update Ralf's files.

>Now would it be possible to integrate support for the other package systems
> as well? Any pointers?

I'm doubtful that will happen. Some packagers even keep patches for their 
local builds. That is, most of the time, unacceptable for mainstream KDE.
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