Re: make-packages.php

FFF (feel free to fix) :-) - Stig On Mon, 9 Jul 2001, Tomas V.V.Cox wrote: > On Monday 09 July 2001 13:00, Stig Bakken wrote: > > it's not too late for changes, and i agree that the 1:1 mapping is > > not very developer-friendly. developer-friendlyness is very > > important. > > > > I've send you time ago a patch to Common/Packager that covers this and > the LibFile tag. I've explained this idea several weeks ago, in: > > http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=pear-dev&m=99071271521558&w=2 > > Perhaps lost in the space, but repeat tested and working. > > Tomas V.V.Cox > > > > > On Mon, 9 Jul 2001, Christian Stocker wrote: > > > Speaking of the pear-CVS, i have one problem with it. As I > > > understand it, all files belonging to one Package are in a > > > directory with the Package-Name on the same Directory level and the > > > actual directory structure for installing is described in > > > package.xml. > > > so, for the DB-Package, we would have > > > > > > /DB > > > ->DB.php > > > ->common.php > > > ->oci8.php > > > ->storage.php > > > ->STATUS > > > ->package.xml > > > > > > But i think, it would be better if we had the actual Dir-structure > > > also in the CVS. > > > /DB > > > ->DB.php > > > ->package.xml > > > ->/DB > > > ->common.php > > > ->... > > > > > > Because now, when i check out a package from the cvs, i have to > > > build the directory structure (if i don't use the pear installer), > > > and then, if i want to check in, i have to copy the files back to > > > the flat structure. Not very developer-friendly ;) if i had the > > > dir-structure already in the cvs i could only point my include_path > > > to that and it woulld work... and furthermore, with the actual > > > scheme, it's not possible to have the same filename twice in > > > different directories. I think, it's not a big problem, to make the > > > installer to work with that scheme (it does not at the moment). > > > > > > The next problem is really not a big problem, just to avoid maybe > > > some further clashes, when pear gets bigger... > > > > > > the syntax in the package.xml: > > > <FileList> > > > <Dir>/</Dir> > > > <File>blabla.php</File> > > > <File>blabla2.php</File> > > > <Dir>/Next</Dir> > > > <File>hello.php</File> > > > </FileList> > > > > > > is in my point of view not very xml-like. It works maybe well with > > > a parser like expat, but with a dom-thingie or xsl you would have > > > big problems with that. Better would be > > > > > > <FileList> > > > <Dir path="/"> > > > <File>blabla.php</File> > > > <File>blabla2.php</File> > > > </Dir> > > > <Dir path="/next"> > > > <File>hello.php</File> > > > </Dir> > > > </FileList> > > > > > > or even <File name="hello.php"/>, but that's really a detail :) > > > > > > What do you think? is it already to late for changes like that? > > > > > > chregu > > > > > > On Yesterday, Stig Bakken wrote: > > > > 1. we standardize the version tagging scheme (e.g. V_1_0_REL for > > > > the 1.0 release) > > > > > > > > 2. use thecurrentstable and currentdevel fields in the packages > > > > table to determine which tag to check out for each package. > > > > > > > > 3. add a parameter to make-packages that lets you choose whether > > > > to build stable or devel release tarballs, and maybe even a a > > > > snapshot mode that builds packages with the date as the version > > > > number, checking out the head revisions. > > > > > > > > - Stig > > > > > > > > On Sun, 8 Jul 2001, Martin Jansen wrote: > > > > > On Sun, 8 Jul 2001 16:52:38 +0200 (CEST), Stig Bakken wrote: > > > > > >but will this script check out the > > > > > >head revision of all files? what happened to release numbers? > > > > > > imho > > > > > > > > > > > this script should check out a specific tag in each package, > > > > > for > > > > > > > > > > >example "STABLE". if the online packages are just head > > > > > > checkouts, we have a disaster on our hands soon :) > > > > > > > > > > I must admit that I didn't think much about this topic ;-). > > > > > Perhaps somebody has a good idea how to handle this? > > > > > > > > > > - Martin > > > > > > -- > > > nam...christian stocker adr...bremgartnerstr. 66, ch-8003 zurich > > > pho...+41 1 451 6021 > > > www...http://phant.ch/chregu > > > mob...+41 76 561 8860 ema...chregu@phant.ch > > > > > > > > > -- > > > PEAR Development Mailing List (http://pear.php.net/) > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: pear-dev-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > > > For additional commands, e-mail: pear-dev-help@lists.php.net > > > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: > > > php-list-admin@lists.php.net >