On Tue, 2010-12-21 at 01:25 +0000, Harry Van Haaren wrote: > On Tue, Dec 21, 2010 at 12:34 AM, Ray Rashif <schivmeister@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > You can rest assured that Arch Linux users don't bother about > > "distributions". Software is only "packaged" because it's a necessary > > step to maintain a record and system sanity. You can't really refer to > > our packaging and compare it to, say, Fedora's packaging. We "package" > > almost everything, even our own custom, personal scripts. > > > > You've said it there: Arch Linux *users*. > > In response to "warning dialogs": Am I the only one that tries to figure out > if clicking "Yes", "No", or "OK" is going to make the program go on without > reading the box? I don't think so. :-) > > I can see the use of the script, but I have to say that I think the damage > of a new user not understanding "development" software, and thinking a > program is broken due to them testing a pre-"pre-alpha" far outweighs the > usefulness of the script. Yes, many of us are lazy. In reply to the discussion here, however, the user who maintains the script in question has said he will add a post_install announcement basically stating that this version is not ready for public testing. Thus every user who installs it WILL see that announcement. > > That's not to say that your not allowed to script the process, but don't > share it online. It damages the reputation of the software you've packaged. > > Am I totally in the dark here? -Harry Everything in Arch is done with PKGBUILDs. Most users wouldn't even install anything (especially software they may want to remove soon-ish) without a relevant PKGBUILD which allows reasonably complete removal. _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
