comps.xml and subpackages

Dan Horák dan at danny.cz
Wed Aug 16 18:36:22 UTC 2006


Jesse Keating píše v St 16. 08. 2006 v 14:22 -0400:
> On Wednesday 16 August 2006 11:53, Dan Horák wrote:
> > what should be written into comps.xml.in - only the main package or
> > package + all subpackages?
> 
> Usually you list the top level package.  Say you want widget.  You list 
> widget, but not all the deps that widget may have.
> 
> Or if you have package widget, which has widget-devel widget-gui and 
> widget-common, you might put widget-devel in a development group, widget-gui 
> in a X Desktop group, and maybe widget in whatever group it belongs in 
> depending on what it does.  -common will probably be a dep of every other 
> widget package (same with widget package itself) so no matter where the user 
> selects, they would end up getting part or all of the subpackages of widget.
> 
> Clear as mud?
> 

Sure, looks logical :-)


		Dan





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