[haiku] Re: When is something an Optional Package?
- From: PulkoMandy <pulkomandy@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: haiku@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 14 Aug 2009 11:32:10 +0200
2009/8/14 Humdinger <humdingerb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> Hi there!
>
> I was wondering when does a software become an optional package? What's the
> difference to any other archive sitting on HaikuBitsWare?
>
> I'm just asking, because "Optional" means it isn't really part of Haiku.
> Therefore I was wondering if e.g. WonderBrush, Vision, BeZilla and BePDF
> should be included in the user guide under "Haiku applications". Should
> there be another section "Optional Packages" and the documentation, if it's
> not already done, be part of that package and there'll only be a link to it
> in the user guide (like with BePDF already)?
Arent the optionnal package a temporary workaround for the lack of a
proper package manager ?
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Adrien Destugues / PulkoMandy
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