On 11/22/2010 09:38 PM, Evangelos Foutras wrote:
|PKGBUILD: http://archlinux.pastebin.com/n5B7tALf .install: http://archlinux.pastebin.com/pwfaLbM0 The PKGBUILD and .install file still contain references to the user's home directory (for the latter, it's only a harmless message in
On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 7:08 AM, Tony<crt.011@gmail.com> wrote: post_install, but the information is wrong).
After taking a closer look at oh-my-zsh, I'm not sure if it's a good candidate for a package. I find the manual installation instructions at https://github.com/robbyrussell/oh-my-zsh#readme to be very intuitive and easy to follow, and at the same time providing the user with complete control over what's happening.
Maybe I'm looking at it the wrong way, but having a package which is a snapshot of the Git repository isn't much better -- and is probably worse -- than each user keeping a Git clone in their home directories. You do make a good point on the matter. The manual instructions at https://github.com/robbyrussell/oh-my-zsh#readme are easy to follow without really needing a PKGBUILD. Originally, using the manual instructions was how I went about using oh-my-zsh. This was a very smooth process.
I'm going to have to agree with you here since your point makes absolute sense. Since the installation is so straight forward, it does seem best to give the user control with oh-my-zsh instead of using a PKGBUILD which only seems to add an unnecessary step. With that said, I can agree that oh-my-zsh does not make a good candidate for a package. I do appreciate and thank you for your time and input with this. Cheers, -- Tony