Subject: Re: pkgsrc 'TODO' list
To: Alistair Crooks <agc@pkgsrc.org>
From: David Brownlee <abs@netbsd.org>
List: tech-pkg
Date: 05/01/2001 12:26:20
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
> > >
> > >
> >
>