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author Patrick J Volkerding <volkerdi@slackware.com>2018-05-28 19:12:29 +0000
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+To do list
+----------
+
+Likely to be done:
+==================
+
+This list represents changes that I am likely to implement myself:
+
+Thinking about it:
+==================
+
+1. Modify slacktrack to do a couple of scans of the filesystem prior to
+ launching the build script.
+ It'd compare the scans and add any differences to an exclude list -- since
+ any such differences were not generated by the build script, thus should not
+ be in the package.
+ The purpose of this is to reduce the possibility of non package material making
+ its way into the final .tgz.
+ *However*, there's nothing to say that some arbitary cron job won't launch and
+ modify the filesystem anyway -- so this sort of feature would only lead to
+ confusion in the long run.
+
+2. Allow addition of exclude/additional scan dirs without having to replace
+ the existing list.
+ Suggested by: Eduard Rozenberg
+
+3. Compare contents of new package and warn about any overlapping files.
+ This is harder to do that it sounds because the user may not be removing
+ the previous package (although it's suggested that you do) because it's
+ an integral system library or binary and they simply want to upgrade
+ it and produce a package. This would always talk about overlap.
+ We could get the 'base package name' of the supplied package
+ and then remove it from any found ovelap results, but it seems
+ a bit slow.
+
+Unlikely to be done:
+====================
+
+This list represents future additions that (for one reason or another) I am
+unlikely to implement. However, feel free to submit a patch (but ask me first -
+I don't like receiving unsolicited attachments!).
+
+2. Add an option to rename/move .conf files to conf.new
+ Suggested by Geoffrey Sanders, based on an option protopkg supports.
+
+ [..]
+ > altertrack to (during it's file scan of new files for the package) to
+ > move any newly created .conf (or any other type of config files) to a
+ > *.new extension. Don't know how much work this would be...but thought
+ > that it might be nice to add for those of us who may forget to 'backup'
+ > any config's that may get stepped on.
+ [..]
+
+ I must admit that I'm not overly keen on this idea - it sounds too much
+ like checkinstall -- add a feature that mainly works but breaks when you
+ least expect it.
+
+ Just moving the .conf to .conf.new is okay in theory but it may:
+ a) catch people out who rely on the feature but where the config
+ file isn't called '*.conf'
+
+ b) if it updates the doinst.sh script, the shell script which changes
+ the file name may need to be before or after the symlink creation
+ code (if there is any).
+