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[Anders Logg <logg@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Sat, Aug 21, 2010 at 12:04:44PM +0100, Garth N. Wells wrote:
> On Sat, 2010-08-21 at 15:58 +0530, Harish Narayanan wrote:
> > On 8/21/10 3:48 PM, Garth N. Wells wrote:
> > > On Sat, 2010-08-21 at 15:40 +0530, Harish Narayanan wrote:
> > >> On 8/21/10 2:07 PM, Garth N. Wells wrote:
> > >>> It seems that we're all happy with the supported/contributed
> > >>> distinction, so could we split the supported and contributed files into
> > >>> separate directories?
> > >>>
> > >>> Garth
> > >>>
> > >>> On Aug 21 2010, Harish Narayanan wrote:
> > >>>
> > >>>> On 8/21/10 4:34 AM, Anders Logg wrote:
> > >>>>> On Sat, Aug 21, 2010 at 12:19:01AM +0200, Anders Logg wrote:
> > >>>>>> On Fri, Aug 20, 2010 at 10:23:10PM +0100, Garth N. Wells wrote:
> > >>>>>>> Would it good to split the platform files into 'supported' and
> > >>>>>>> 'contributed'? We can test 'supported' platforms (recent, widely
> > >>>>>>> used recent OSs that we really want to work), but still allow users
> > >>>>>>> to contribite.
> > >>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>> Garth
> > >>>>>>
> > >>>>>> That sounds like a good idea to me.
> > >>>>>>
> > >>>>>> Dorsal could write a warning for contributed platforms that they may
> > >>>>>> not work.
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> I guess it would also be good to list who is maintaining each of the
> > >>>>> supported platforms so we know who to blame when things break.
> > >>>>
> > >>>> Or who to direct support queries on the mailing list to. I can
> > >>>> maintain/support Snow Leopard (64-bit) for now as it is my primary OS.
> > >>
> > >> Would it be easier just to add a boolean flag to the packages?
> > >>
> > >
> > > I would prefer separate directories - that would make it very clear for
> > > us and users which are supported and which are not. We can focus on
> > > making sure that all platforms in 'supported' are working, and over time
> > > shift files form 'supported' to 'contributed'.
> >
> > OK, I agree and think this is a good plan.
> >
>
> Will you create the directories? I don't know, or want to know, how to
> look in two directories using bash.

I'm working on it. Doesn't look too complicated.

--
Anders