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Re: [Chicken-hackers] [PATCH] Allow `files' in the toplevel of egg descr
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Peter Bex |
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Re: [Chicken-hackers] [PATCH] Allow `files' in the toplevel of egg description files |
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Sun, 2 Sep 2018 13:05:36 +0200 |
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On Sun, Sep 02, 2018 at 12:57:53PM +0200, address@hidden wrote:
> > How should we go about this topic?
> >
> > The easiest approach would be using `files' in the egg description file.
> > It should not require any modifications to henrietta-cache. As far as I
> > can see, only flipping `f' in chicken-install.scm should do the trick.
> > Felix mentions `files' in the toplevel can be confusing, though.
> >
> > To use `distribution-files' in the egg description file, we'd have to 1)
> > make chicken-install handle it (or just accept it), 2) make
> > henrietta-cache use it 3) deploy the new henrietta-cache to both egg
> > servers. I don't think this approach is very complicated, but it is
> > certainly more work. And I don't know much about henrietta-cache
> > internals, but I suppose the change would not be a big deal.
>
> If a new property name is deemed to be too much hassle, then flip
> the toplevel flag for "files" - but people will be confused, no doubt.
FWIW, changing the code of henrietta-cache to handle a new option should
be trivial. Deploying will be a bit of a hassle.
I don't care much either way but I'd like to keep our momentum and make
a second release candidate soon, so please decide which way to go with
this.
Cheers,
Peter
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Re: [Chicken-hackers] [PATCH] Allow `files' in the toplevel of egg description files, felix . winkelmann, 2018/09/02
Re: [Chicken-hackers] [PATCH] Allow `files' in the toplevel of egg description files, felix . winkelmann, 2018/09/03