[Bug 49205] Split the huge Gideon RPM in several RPMs

Harald Fernengel harry at kdevelop.org
Wed Oct 16 14:10:07 UTC 2002


Hi,

On Wednesday 16 October 2002 13:44, Sandy Meier wrote:
> > How about kdevelop-core and kdevelop-plugin, where we can split the
> > plugins into required plugins and optional one ...
>
> Sorry but I think we shouldn't split the cvs version into different files.
> Most users like to download a complete package and not installing hundred
> of different files. Don't forget that they have to install automake,gcc and
> so on too. I don't see the advantages for making different Gideon files.

my 2 cents:

Split off parts that have hard external dependencies, for example the 
subversion part won't run without subversion libraries installed.

Most users don't want to install a lot of additional libraries just to test 
gideon. 

Best regards,
Harry




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