[m-dev.] Packaging repository

[Peter Wang]

On Fri, 12 Apr 2013 10:59:19 +1000, Paul Bone <paul at bone.id.au> wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 12, 2013 at 10:48:39AM +1000, Peter Wang wrote:
> > On Thu, 11 Apr 2013 16:31:57 +1000, Paul Bone <paul at bone.id.au> wrote:
> > > On Thu, Apr 11, 2013 at 04:20:00PM +1000, Peter Wang wrote:
> > > > You, too, can make some low quality packages:
> > > > https://github.com/Mercury-Language/packaging
> > > > 
> > > > We can keep it or not.
> > > 
> > > Hi Peter,
> > > 
> > > I've got some half-implemented mercury packaging work here somewhere.  I'll
> > > merge it in if you want.
> > 
> > Better stick it in another branch if it would conflict.
> > 
> 
> Ah, what I mean is put my work in your repository manaully (merge the
> projects) rather than doing any kind of git merge.  My package builds only
> the asm_fast.gc grade (as we didn't have the DEST_DIR support for multiple
> grades yet) and sticks files of different types in different binary
> packages.  Ie, if you just want to link to a Mercury program you don't need
> to install the compiler and tools.

Our goals are different and you might not be able to merge your work
without detracting from a working script.  I don't care about making
packages ready for inclusion into Debian or whatever.  My goal is only
to lower MTTHW and, for myself, being able to spin up a new VM with a
working Mercury installation quickly, assuming someone else is
generating the packages.

Peter