Smart has been added to the Arch User Repository (AUR)

[Rehan]

Yoohoo! solved! 

Xavion?

Rehan

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Anders F Björklund [mailto:afb at algonet.se]
> Sent: 15 October 2010 12:14
> To: Rehan Khan
> Cc: 'Smart-PM Mailing List'
> Subject: Re: Smart has been added to the Arch User Repository (AUR)
> 
> Rehan Khan wrote:
> 
> >>> Ah yes, I had forgotten that. It was a lot of work to work around
> >>> the fact that the installation does not help with this.
> >>
> >> Not sure if a for loop qualifies as a lot of work, but it can be
> >> added.
> >
> > I was talking about splitting smart up using a spec file for RPM
> > installations was a lot of work.
> 
> I recall writing a OBS specfile for Smart for several distributions was awful all
> by itself, even before splitting the channels up... :-)
> 
> > Sounds good. Any reason why the channels and plugins need to be 'True'
> > or '*' and not specifically specified like the backends/interfaces? If
> > not then I guess this would work well. This should solve Xavion's
> > issues, right? Just specify what you need for your distro and install
> > just what is needed.
> 
> It was a "feature", as the default would be to install everything.
> It is just going over the directories, looking at the *.py files.
> 
> >> That is a totally separate issue, and handled by the patch attached
> >> there.
> >>
> >> i.e. backends and channels can be filtered out, without being
> >> uninstalled
> >
> > If your above suggestion is implemented then this patch won't be
> > needed as it would not be an issue any more as the files won't be
> > installed so won't show up in the interface (as long as the required
> > channels are specifically specified). Right? :)
> 
> It could need both, since it could be useful for the user to filter which
> channels are displayed without having to rebuild Smart first...
> 
> --anders