[Bf-committers] packages for specific linux distros?

[Nathan Letwory]

Jiri has a script to do this autodetection of user platforms.

/Nathan

Timothy Kanters wrote:
> Or even better auto detect the users platform and provide a single
> download link for them, with an alternative link to a page like the
> current one.
> 
> Of course this is easily said, but not so easily done.
> 
> Timothy
> 
> On 11/9/06, *Doug Olllivier* <doug at mudpuddle.co.nz
> <mailto:doug at mudpuddle.co.nz>> wrote:
> 
>     Tom M wrote:
>     > I think it would be a good idea if we could have specific installs for
>     > Debian/Ubuntu, Redhat and Suse for the next release.  Both source and
>     > binarys.  This would make it easier for users and developers to
>     get up
>     > to speed on the latest releases since some of our dependencies are
>     > unlikely to be met by default.
>     >
>     > Do we have any devs here who might be willing to look into this?  I
>     > recall some interest being expressed by a developer for doing RPMs
>     but
>     > don't recall who it was.
>     >
>     > LetterRip
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>     If this is the case would it be possible to refactor the downloads page
>     to be far more simple to the downloaders (instead of reading a list of
>     100 download options which for a noob windows user is confusing).
> 
>     perhaps a set of drop down boxes like driver sites often have.
> 
>     Windows, OSX, Linux, Irix... in the first drop down, then that changes
>     the second drop down to opperating system specific questions.
> 
>     Windows.
>     installer or Zip.... then download location
> 
>     Linux
>     PPC, Intel.....suse, mandrake, redhat, ubuntu..... then download
>     location
> 
>     OSX
>     ppc - intel.......then python version... and OSX version number...
>     download location
> 
>     irix.....
> 
>     solaris.....
> 
> 
>     only expose the user to the information they need to worry about.
> 
>     we currently have 16 options, and with distro builds it will be more.
>     with Vista coming out that will add even more....
> 
> 
>     Doug Ollivier
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