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| author | P. J. McDermott <pjm@nac.net> | 2012-01-10 07:57:47 (EST) |
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| committer | P. J. McDermott <pjm@nac.net> | 2012-01-10 08:01:15 (EST) |
| commit | b60a05c7d84eb9a760780e369c84297be2d8a155 (patch) | |
| tree | 0db1d24e26ca6999663ef82d9c61f72fd31800d4 /source-package-format-1.0.txt | |
| parent | ce869b710c3a847dc7b416fd4e6bb3e99b1170e2 (diff) | |
Shorten background info in source format spec.
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1 files changed, 15 insertions, 17 deletions
diff --git a/source-package-format-1.0.txt b/source-package-format-1.0.txt index 1af04c7..61728f5 100644 --- a/source-package-format-1.0.txt +++ b/source-package-format-1.0.txt @@ -21,26 +21,24 @@ This specification is in draft status. It is a work-in-progress and is subject to change. Comments and revisions are welcome. -BACKGROUND AND RATIONALE -======================== +BACKGROUND +========== A source package consists of software source code, a build system, and package metadata. From it is built one or more binary packages, which can be installed -into an operating system. These binary packages are managed by a "package -manager", a program or set of programs that tracks, installs, removes, and -upgrades software packages on a system. - -The package manager we are using is opkg, a small and lightweight package -manager. Its binary package format resembles that of the dpkg package manager -used in Debian and Debian-based operating system distrubutions. - -Version 1.0 of our source package format is intended to resemble 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. +into an operating system. + + +RATIONALE +========= + +This source package format is intended to resemble 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. DIRECTORY STRUCTURE |