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  • From: Paul Mahon <dufflebunk AT dufflebunk.homeip.net>
  • To: Grimoire <sm-grimoire AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [SM-Grimoire] proliferation of *-cvs spells
  • Date: Sun, 07 Dec 2003 18:17:44 -0500

A CVS grimoire could be made with only CVS spells in it. I'm not sure if
that would cause more problems that it would solve.

On Sun, 2003-12-07 at 13:58, Sergey A. Lipnevich wrote:
> 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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