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authorP. J. McDermott <pjm@nac.net>2012-01-10 22:40:52 (EST)
committer P. J. McDermott <pjm@nac.net>2012-01-10 22:40:52 (EST)
commita12b73e31f48c46b3ef80ba5dfa68d78b44eb93d (patch)
tree653f7f4ec93ad6872409855b8686d473d4dc5e21
parent8173e73293c306dacd7e45fb9c501639632bd8a4 (diff)
Rewrite split packages note and rationale in spec.
-rw-r--r--source-package-format-1.0.txt15
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.
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