Re: [9fans] plan9 packages

["Gabriel Diaz" <gabidiaz@gmail.com>]

hello

i think /contrib is the first step into this. May be we can build a
way to be able to replica/pull the /contrib dir, assume it would go in
/src/contrib or something like that, :-?

everyone can prepare its contributions to fit a common model (if that
is possible t :)

slds.

gabi

On 9/2/07, Steve Simon <steve@quintile.net> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Can I suggest that when ken's fs is split from the main
> plan9 tree it is not tar'ed up but it is just copied to a source
> tree which contains only the kenfs stuff but in their correct places
> in a plan9 hierarchy, and a replica proto generated for it.
>
> The idea is that the new owner(s) of the kenfs tree could be given
> write permission to the code and then those who want to continue
> to use it could get the latest changes by doing somthing like:
>
>         bind -a /n/sources/plan9/replica /n/sources/extra/kenfs/replica
>         replica/pull kenfs
>
> We would lose nothing as the last "supported" release of kenfs will
> allways be available in sourcesdump.
>
> I would be willing to try to do the same work with some of the other
> tars in the contrib area (x11, tex etc)
>
> I do understand the danger that we might end up with somthing like the debian
> package managment stuff However it would be great to have an easy way to grab
> an arbitary package and keep it up to date. I recently fixed a silly bug in
> cvsfs but it doesn't really seem worthwhile emailing the whole list.
>
> It would also be great if the packages had some sport of Author file so
> people could submit patches against them and the relevant person/people would
> get the patch email.
>
> What do people think, neat idea or the thin end of the wedge?
>
> -Steve
>