On Thu, 2009-04-16 at 09:40 -0400, Greg Freemyer wrote:
Pretty sure the specifics of what libraries have to be available is definable in a spec file for rpm installs, and in a debian.rules file for debian based systems.
Historically I don't think programmers have worked with those files and left it to the distro packagers to do it.
With the Opensuse Build Service (OBS) it becomes much more feasible for a programmer to take responsibility / advantage of the capabilities of these packaging tools.
FYI: The OBS also allows a distro packager to "patch" the default spec / rules I believe, so even if it is not perfect, having a base set of files can help the packagers by giving them something to work with.
All these things are packaging issues, not programmer issues. A least I am defining the programmer as the guy who writes the code that will be compiled. Not the guy who makes the packaging. Of course, that is programming as well. But I think it is better to call them packagers, or package designers, or anything other than programmers simply because the word programmer has prior meaning. -- Roger Oberholtzer OPQ Systems / Ramböll RST Ramböll Sverige AB Krukmakargatan 21 P.O. Box 17009 SE-104 62 Stockholm, Sweden Office: Int +46 8-615 60 20 Mobile: Int +46 70-815 1696 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org