[M3devel] package groups question

[hendrik at topoi.pooq.com]

On Fri, Jul 31, 2009 at 04:05:46PM +0200, Olaf Wagner wrote:
> Quoting Tony Hosking <hosking at cs.purdue.edu>:
> 
> >I don't care if future versions are not compilable with old cm3.  But,
> >vice versa, old versions should always be compilable with new cm3.
> >
> >My gut feelings run along the lines of what Randy has said.  I do
> >think that the average user should accept std as the install, while
> >min is for power-users who know what they are doing. Does that jive
> >with other people's expectations?
> 
> Sorry, I only now caught up with _some_ of the mails on the m3devel
> list. Too much traffic for me to digest.
> 
> I gather there's been a long discussion that `min' is not really
> useful as it is not enough to build the system. When we started
> the cm3 5 business many years ago with lots of uncompilable sources
> from Farshad Nayeri, we invented the following sets of packages:
> 
>  all  - obvious meaning. most packages did not compile at all.
>  std  - the set of packages shipped as compilable and usable with
>         every new release
>  core - a useful but small set of packages including everything to
>         bootstrap the compiler
>  boot - the minimal set to bootstrap the compiler
>  min  - the minimal set useful for anyone (not wanting to compiler cm3)
> 
> As of today, std = all, and boot isn't used any more as far as a I see.

Is that becaouse no one ever boots the compiler any more?  Or because 
there are better ways to do it?

-- hendrik

> 
> I'm fine with any changes in the pragmatics or intended use of these
> package sets though. Just wanted to throw in some history.
> 
> Olaf
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