Re: Scripts in binary packages (was Re: hot-backup.py for windows?)

On Tue, 23 Mar 2004, Ben Collins-Sussman wrote:

> The Subversion source tree has a whole lot of useful scripts in the
> tools/ and contrib/ area (many of which are described in the book), but
> my impression is that almost every binary packager tends to ignore these
> scripts. This is definitely not the first time someone has come onto
> the dev@ or users@ list and said, "hey, where's hot-backup.py, or
> svn_load_dirs.pl, or svnperms.py, or mailer.py?"...
>
> I'm not sure what a good solution would be. Perhaps education of binary
> packagers? Maybe we can write up a "guidelines" sheet that lists all
> the things a good binary package ought to contain?
>

Yes, please! That would be *wonderful*! :-)

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