RPM Spec file that demonstrates the modularity of Smart

[Grant McWilliams]

On Sun, Feb 15, 2009 at 8:24 AM, Axel Thimm <Axel.Thimm at atrpms.net> wrote:

> Hi.
>
> On Sun, Feb 15, 2009 at 12:54:32PM -0000, rehan khan wrote:
> > This might be interesting to rpm packagers on the list.
> >
> > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/329684
> >
> > I have hacked the fedora 10 spec file for smart to increase the
> > modularity of the install (hope you don't mind Axel). Details are in
> > the bug report. Please note it is only an example and would probably
> > need some cleanup/updating to actually be used somewhere.
>
> What would the benefit of this microgranularity be?
>
> The currently packaged form into smart, smart-update, smart-gui and
> ksmarttray subpackages is already considered too fragmented by many
> users.
>
> The current subpackaging is actually done in a way to have the main
> smart package pull in only the really required bits compared to pygtk
> or kde bits needs by the graphical subpackages.
> --
> Axel.Thimm at ATrpms.net



I'd like to see the number of packages go down, not up. As Albert Einstein
would say, "as simple as possible but not simpler".


Grant McWilliams

Some people, when confronted with a problem, think "I know, I'll use
Windows."
Now they have two problems.
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