21 Dec
2010
21 Dec
'10
2:46 a.m.
On Tue, 2010-12-21 at 01:25 +0000, Harry Van Haaren wrote:
On Tue, Dec 21, 2010 at 12:34 AM, Ray Rashif
<schivmeister(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Yes, many of us are lazy. In reply to the discussion here, however, the
user who maintains the script in question has said he will add a
post_install announcement basically stating that this version is not
ready for public testing. Thus every user who installs it WILL see that
announcement.
You can rest assured that Arch Linux users
don't bother about
"distributions". Software is only "packaged" because it's a
necessary
step to maintain a record and system sanity. You can't really refer to
our packaging and compare it to, say, Fedora's packaging. We "package"
almost everything, even our own custom, personal scripts.
You've said it there: Arch Linux *users*.
In response to "warning dialogs": Am I the only one that tries to figure out
if clicking "Yes", "No", or "OK" is going to make the
program go on without
reading the box? I don't think so. :-)
I can see the use of the script, but I have to say that I think the damage
of a new user not understanding "development" software, and thinking a
program is broken due to them testing a pre-"pre-alpha" far outweighs the
usefulness of the script.
That's not to say that your not allowed to script the process, but don't
share it online. It damages the reputation of the software you've packaged.
Am I totally in the dark here? -Harry
Everything in Arch is done with PKGBUILDs. Most users wouldn't even
install anything (especially software they may want to remove soon-ish)
without a relevant PKGBUILD which allows reasonably complete removal.