Re: State of Perl-based database setup utilities for LedgerSMB 1.3

[Adam Thompson <..hidden..>]

I definitely agree with that.  I think I said things to that effect in an email yesterday, but not so explicitly:
Stop worrying about install scripts, because every distro pkg format will require major adaptation anyway.
And, as you just pointed out, figuring out how to package a piece of software is excellent quality control exercise in and of itself.
-Adam


"David F. Skoll" <..hidden..> wrote:

>On Fri, 27 May 2011 16:23:30 -0500
>Adam Thompson <..hidden..> wrote:
>
>> My point was that effectively, because of the way installs work right
>> now, build deps and installed deps are the same thing.  If it's
>> impossible to install without building something anyway then relying
>> on make is presently OK.
>
>Yes, sure, but I think a worthy goal is a version of LedgerSMB that
>can be packaged as a deb or RPM package.  I've been through the wars
>of building binary packages for Debian, Fedora, Red Hat and (bleh)
>Solaris and I find that preparing a piece of software for packaging
>can improve it and clarify dependencies.
>
>Regards,
>
>David.
>
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