Le jeudi 24 juin 2010 22:03:29, Xavier Chantry a écrit :
On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 11:04 AM, Laurent Carlier <lordheavym@gmail.com> wrote:
I don't think a good packager is only an intensive user of the packages he maintain, but got a good relationship between the package users and the maintainers of the software, so be able to produce a good feedback/bugreports for the software maintainers, and package users.
What about improving gambas2 build system to better support split packages then ? I am referring to all the "## workaround for splitting" which seem to make that pkgbuild more complex and not so simple & stupid :) And please don't take this wrongly, I am simply curious to know whether there is room for improvements.
Gambas2 built system is really complex, providing custom macros to detect dependencies, custom installing system (a gambas2 component can be done in c/c++, gambas or mixed!). The real problem is not the installation system, but the fact that a lot of parts of gambas need cross dependencies, and it's not really easy to package it with pacman, because all parts (splitted packages) are installed in a sandbox. The workaround i've done is only for this purpose, i install the needed dependencies to properly built the splitted package (part of another splitted package usually). The fact i've got a pretty good knowledge of the built system is a benefit. As far as i know, other linux distros doesn't have such problems (i haven't looked too at other distros packages)
I also think you would be a good addition to the team, having development skills is a big +.
Thanks :-p