Mailinglist Archive: opensuse-packaging (140 mails)

[Vladimir Nadvornik <nadvornik@xxxxxxx>]

On úterý 26 únor 2008, Thorsten Kukuk wrote:
> > Also, I think it would be easier to add another sub-package that
> > includes all the branding for a particular package, than to move the
> > branding into a central package.
>
> For the initial creator of the distribution it is easier to
> add sub-packages, yes. But for somebody who wishes to provide
> a different branding for one special product, one RPM is simpler.
> So the solution should work with both situations.

One central RPM will either
- make all updates of branding impossible 
or
- need relatively complicated scripts to allow installation
of multiple brandings in parallel

IIRC it was decided on the dist meeting to keep it simple
and use separate subpackages.


Vladimir
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