Re: [PATCH 5/6] meta/dpkg: add dpkg-custom class

[Alexander Smirnov <asmirnov@ilbers.de>]

Drop the unrelated stuff...

>> Also not a big fan of this name. 'custom' is a bit too unspecific for
>> what it does. I get that your idea that those packages are *custom*
>> made, but at the same time, so are all the packages that are directly
>> created within isar.
>>
>> I liked the old 'dpkg-bin' name more, but maybe even this is a bit to
>> unspecific. How about 'dpkg-plain'? That describes better that those
>> packages are very simple, created impromptu without much to it, IMO.
> 
> How about dpkg-wrap, because this wraps existing stuff as-is into debian
> package?
> 

Eventually Isar will have three ways to create Debian package:

  - Build it in chroot (current dpkg.bbclass)
  - Build package using cross-compilation (planned to be dpkg-cross.bbclass)
  - Pack existing files (current dpkg-custom.bbclass)

I agree with Jan, that custom is very wide term. Customization usually 
means modifying something existing according to your needs. In current 
patch you create your own package from the scratch, so there is no 
reference package for them from which you have branched and which you 
have customized.

Due to we have several classes to create package, I'd suggest to use the 
words that describe *how* this class build package. So, dpkg-wrap, 
dpkg-pack etc...

-- 
With best regards,
Alexander Smirnov

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