document split package usage in conda-build

[msarahan]

This is a new feature, to be added in the coming conda-build 2.1.0 release.

[ocefpaf]

@msarahan it may be my RPM bias talking but I am not sure if using an external script to organize the sub-packages is a good idea. Anyway, the option to list the files also exists, so I guess it is up to the user decide what s/he wants.

[ocefpaf]

This improvement is awesome. IMO it places conda in a higher level of package managers like yum and apt-get. Thanks for implementing this. I will test it soon and report back.

[mingwandroid]

Coming from an ArchLinux/msys2 background I'm strongly in favour of a procedural approach.

make install subtarget is the most common way to do it. Listing files is brittle and needs constant gardening IMHO.

[msarahan]

I'm personally in favor of the procedural approach, too. I included the files option for those that have an RPM or RPM-like slant. Whatever people want to do is fine, IMHO, and we shouldn't force either way.

FWIW, I think globs make the files approach much less fragile.

[ocefpaf]

I included the files option for those that have an RPM or RPM-like slant

That's me 😄

[msarahan]

cycled to trigger rebuild

[msarahan]

@cio-docs please review. This feature is live in conda-build 2.1.0.

[electronwill]

Reviewing now.

[electronwill]

Just to make certain, it's correct that the scripts to create or move files into the build prefix can be py/bat/sh/ps1 and the test scripts can be py/bat/sh/pl , right?

[msarahan]

Thanks for the review @electronwill - the scripts are correct. That's somewhat frustratingly inconsistent, and I'd like to eventually unify it. Unfortunately, this is all I have time for right now.

[electronwill]

No problem. Almost no large system is ever perfectly consistent everywhere. As long as these small variations are documented accurately, we're doing great.

I'm done reviewing. I suggested a few small changes to the writing. Everything else looks great!

[msarahan]

Thanks for the review. Merging.

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