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| author | P. J. McDermott <pjm@nac.net> | 2012-01-10 22:40:52 (EST) |
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| committer | P. J. McDermott <pjm@nac.net> | 2012-01-10 22:40:52 (EST) |
| commit | a12b73e31f48c46b3ef80ba5dfa68d78b44eb93d (patch) | |
| tree | 653f7f4ec93ad6872409855b8686d473d4dc5e21 | |
| parent | 8173e73293c306dacd7e45fb9c501639632bd8a4 (diff) | |
Rewrite split packages note and rationale in spec.
| -rw-r--r-- | source-package-format-1.0.txt | 15 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/source-package-format-1.0.txt b/source-package-format-1.0.txt index 2d334d6..0d2f38b 100644 --- a/source-package-format-1.0.txt +++ b/source-package-format-1.0.txt @@ -24,7 +24,8 @@ TODO ---- - Decide on build system format (shell scripts or make files). - - Figure out how split packages (e.g. *-dev, *-dbg, libgcc) will be built. + - Determine how split packages (e.g. *-dev, *-dbg, libgcc, and g++) will be + built. BACKGROUND @@ -39,12 +40,12 @@ RATIONALE ========= This source package format is modeled after the package format of the OpenBricks -Embedded Linux Framework. Unlike the OpenBricks format, however, this format is -designed to support the building of multiple binary packages from one source -package. Additionally, source packages in this format are intended to be -maintained independently rather than in one monolithic software repository (such -as that of OpenBricks). In these and other respects, this format draws -inspiration from Debian's source package formats. +Embedded Linux Framework. However, this format more natively supports the +building of multiple binary packages from one source package. Additionally, +source packages in this format are intended to be maintained independently (like +Debian packages are) rather than in one monolithic software repository (such as +that of OpenBricks). In this and other respects, this format draws inspiration +from Debian's source package formats. DIRECTORY STRUCTURE |