Re: [wmii] Gentoo

On Tue, May 05, 2009 at 09:46:47PM -0400, Robert C Corsaro wrote:
> Kris,
>
> * I notice in the official ebuild, and KIMURA's ebuild there is some sed
> hacking of config.mk. Does it make sence to just package a
> config.local.mk with the ebuild, or is there some reason why sed hacking
> is better?

No, it should stick to config.local.mk; I have an arch PKGBUILD
that should serve as an example. I'll commit it tomorrow.

> * Can I safely assume that dmenu tip and libixp tip will be dependencies
> for wmii tip? Are there any others?

No, there's no need for dmenu. libixp-hg is a build dep, yes.

> * I can, as KIMURA suggested, make this a suckless overlay. This might
> warrent having it's own repo on suckless. I'll already be including
> ebuilds for dmenu and libixp. I don't know if I'll get around to making
> ebuilds for all suckless packages, but it's a good starting point if
> someone else comes along with some more. What do you think?

I think a suckless overlay would be a good idea, but you should
talk to Anselm (arg_AT_suckless.org) about it. I'm sure that others
would be willing to maintain ebuilds for most of the other
suckless software.

-- 
Kris Maglione
If you think your management doesn't know what it's doing or that your
organisation turns out low-quality software crap that embarrasses you,
then leave.
	--Edward Yourdon