Source code too hand to find
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
lsb |
In Progress
|
Medium
|
Unassigned | ||
Mandriva |
In Progress
|
High
|
Bug Description
It is too difficult to find the source code for the current version of of the
LSB development tools (lsbcc, et al). I created an account, a dug around for a
while, and still could not find a single .tar.gz that contained the current
version of the tools that distros need to be able to fetch to create packages.
Here is what is needed:
1) No registration required to get to source. There should be an open
ftp.linuxbase.org like there used to be. Distros have tools for checking
upstreams for new version, and they probably don't work if you have to be
registered and logged in to find anything.
2) A link to the source should be in a really obvious place on the front page
of linuxbase.org.
3) All of the tools in a single tarball. It was a mistake made 10 years ago
when things were initially packaged separately. Current best practice is to put
all of these into a single tarball, and let the package building tools split
them as needed.
tags: | added: autobuild |
Changed in mandriva: | |
importance: | Unknown → High |
status: | Unknown → In Progress |