From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Arnout Vandecappelle Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2014 00:01:22 +0100 Subject: [Buildroot] [PATCH 1/1] manual/faq: add section about why no binary packages In-Reply-To: References: <430595ea81c22aef392d3aec25cc93ef9af7bd47.1392659250.git.yann.morin.1998@free.fr> <20140217213729.GC3411@free.fr> Message-ID: <530294C2.40400@mind.be> List-Id: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: buildroot@busybox.net On 17/02/14 23:48, Danomi Manchego wrote: > Yann, > > On Mon, Feb 17, 2014 at 4:37 PM, Yann E. MORIN wrote: >> > Danomi, All, >> > >> > On 2014-02-17 15:21 -0500, Danomi Manchego spake thusly: >>> >> Nit-picky writing editorial - no issue with the actual content ... >> > >> > Thank you! >> > >> > My answers below... >> > >>> >> On Mon, Feb 17, 2014 at 12:52 PM, Yann E. MORIN wrote: >> > [--SNIP--] >>>> >> > +[[faq-no-binary-packages]] >>>> >> > +Why doesn't Buildroot generate binary packages (.deb, .ipkg...)? >>>> >> > +---------------------------------------------------------------- >>>> >> > + >>>> >> > +One feature that is often discussed on the Buildroot list, is the >>> >> >>> >> no comma >> > >> > Fixed. >> > >>>> >> > +the general topic of "package management". To summarize, the idea >>>> >> > +would be to add some tracking of which Buildroot package installs >>>> >> > +what files, with the goals of: >>>> >> > + >>>> >> > + * Being able to remove files installed by a package when this package >>>> >> > + gets unselected from the menuconfig ; >>> >> >>> >> ; -> . > It seems strange to me that a bulleted list is also considered a > complete sentence. I think of bulleted lists like an unsorted list of > items, as opposed to a numbered list where numbers have meaning. But > it's your party, keep as you like. If you have a colon in front of it and a semicolon at the end, then the sentence shouldn't be capitalized. So: with the goals of: * being able to remove files; * being able to do the other thing. Regards, Arnout [snip] -- Arnout Vandecappelle arnout at mind be Senior Embedded Software Architect +32-16-286500 Essensium/Mind http://www.mind.be G.Geenslaan 9, 3001 Leuven, Belgium BE 872 984 063 RPR Leuven LinkedIn profile: http://www.linkedin.com/in/arnoutvandecappelle GPG fingerprint: 7CB5 E4CC 6C2E EFD4 6E3D A754 F963 ECAB 2450 2F1F