On Wed, Nov 9, 2011 at 9:46 PM, Linus Arver <linusarver@gmail.com> wrote:
The problem I have with your sample PKGBUILD is that it is extremely complicated. Anything extremely complicated goes entirely against the KISS philosophy that we Arch devs/contributors cherish. See https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/The_Arch_Way
well, the message i linked had the bits i was referring to factored out, and they amount to about 15-20 lines -- the PKGBUILD i linked *is* complex, but not complicated ... there is alot going on, and it's a less than trivial build. the bits relating to git are pretty clear, imo at least. "the arch way" is a great guideline -- i believe i've made the process as simple as it *can* be made ;-)
But of course, you are free to write up a separate patch series for git. At this time, however, I am unwilling to delay this patch series to incorporate such extensive changes.
that is fine, i was not suggesting any alteration or amendments to your series. it simply reminded me of a my prior work; work i believe is still more than valid. perhaps i should have created a new thread from it, but i'm still not 100% the expectations of this list. no worries, i may be able to spin some patches, but i would recommend maybe reading my original linked proposal, as i think it labels the goals pretty well. -- C Anthony