Subject: Re: pkgsrc 'TODO' list
To: Alistair Crooks <agc@pkgsrc.org>
From: David Brownlee <abs@netbsd.org>
List: tech-pkg
Date: 05/03/2001 20:28:01
I've dropped an initial TODO file in...
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David/absolute -- www.netbsd.org: No hype required --
On Tue, 1 May 2001, David Brownlee wrote:
> pkg-TODO could be thought of as 'pkg-CHANGES that have yet to take
> place'.
>
> Both locations work for different reasons, I do not see
> significant technical merit fo rone vs the other, so I'll go
> with the core members vote :)
>
> pkgsrc/TODO it is - does someone want to take one of their
> exiting lists and commit it to start things rolling?
>
> David/absolute -- www.netbsd.org: No hype required --
>
>
> On Tue, 1 May 2001, Alistair Crooks wrote:
>
> > I dislike the way that pkg-CHANGES is divorced from the pkgsrc-changes
> > mailing list, but see no way of curing that, short of moving it to the
> > main pkgsrc tree. I really don't want to go there.
> >
> > I'm not sure what you'd gain from the close proximity of the pkg-CHANGES
> > and pkg-TODO files.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Alistair
> >
> > On Mon, Apr 30, 2001 at 05:43:08PM +0100, David Brownlee wrote:
> > > Here is where I do an 'about face'.
> > >
> > > I think pkg-TODO should probably go in the same location as
> > > pkg-CHANGES. I'd actually prefer them both in a subdir of
> > > pkgsrc, but I can understand them 'doc' making more sense.
> > >
> > > Aside: I wonder how many more kernel CHANGES entries we would get
> > > if we had a file in syssrc for them...
> > >
> > > David/absolute -- www.netbsd.org: No hype required --
> > >
> > >
> > > On Mon, 30 Apr 2001, David Brownlee wrote:
> > >
> > > > Does anyone have any objections to adding one - it could include
> > > > a list of packages, urls, and submittors, and a second section
> > > > for suggested pkgsrc enhancements.
> > > >
> > > > If its OK to add, where should it live?
> > > >
> > > > pkgsrc/TODO Obvious
> > > > pkgsrc/mk/TODO Clutters the top level less
> > > > doc/pkg-TODO More awkward to update
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > David/absolute abs@formula1.com
> > > >
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