[arch-dev-public] Nginx

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Fri Aug 2 09:02:26 EDT 2013


On 08/02/2013 02:55 PM, Pierre Schmitz wrote:
> In general I am not sure if there is a sane way to package these build
> time modules. It would be impossible to cover all the combinations and
> external "modules" a user might want. Is it a good idea to provide a
> separate package that has all kinds of different modules built in?
> Probably not. And people who need certain non-standard modules are
> better off compiling their own package.
>
> I would probably provide a vanilla package with sensible defaults and
> make it easy for people to extend on that.

I think it is a good case for keeping vanilla package in `community` and 
providing semi-official AUR package that allows easy selection of custom 
modules but is guaranteed to be the same in all other ways.

Re-building does inevitable with such architecture, so it is all about 
making it convenient.


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