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  • From: "Sergey A. Lipnevich" <sergey AT optimaltec.com>
  • To: Grimoire <sm-grimoire AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: [SM-Grimoire] proliferation of *-cvs spells
  • Date: Sun, 07 Dec 2003 13:58:44 -0500

Hi All!

I would like to express my objection to proliferation of *-cvs spells in the grimoire. I don't like selecting between a normal and *-cvs spell, instead I'd like to cast just one spell and be prompted whether I want release or cvs version. *-cvs spells that are needed by other spells must carry PROVIDES and incur additional maintenance. In my sections, the only spells similar to *-cvs are php-dev and httpd-dev, which are still maintained for historical reasons, and php-dev is probably long overdue for deletion because nobody uses it, even I (we might need a php5 spell, but not php-dev).
Another example is the GIMP spells, stable and devel. I'd like to have just one gimp, and choose my options during the first cast. If I'm not happy, I can "cast -r" and get a prompt again.
Above all, I think it's less work to write CONFIGURE/PREPARE once, rewrite DETAILS/BUILD if necessary, and be done, rather than maintain hordes of *-cvs spells.
I'd appreciate everyone's comment on this.
Thank you!

Sergey.





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