On Thu, 2009-09-10 at 08:48 +0200, ext Matan Ziv-Av wrote: > On Thu, 10 Sep 2009, David Weinehall wrote: > > > On ons, 2009-09-09 at 23:48 +0200, ext Matan Ziv-Av wrote: > >> On Wed, 9 Sep 2009, Andrew Flegg wrote: > >> > >>> On Wed, Sep 9, 2009 at 16:22, Attila Csipa<ma...@csipa.in.rs> wrote: > >>>> On Wednesday 09 September 2009 17:09:17 Andrew Flegg wrote: > >>>>> Of course, if maemo-optify were really clever, it'd also handle > >>>>> patterns like the above and produce "/opt/bob/share/foo", but I'd > >>>>> consider this an optional enhancement. > >>>> > >>>> I wonder if optification could be done on the level of the > >>>> autobuilder... In that case most developers wouldn't even need to think > >>>> about it (and/or mess it up :) at all. > >>> > >>> There was a strong feeling on #maemo (and one I agree with) that the > >>> auto-builder shouldn't be changing things in an uploaded package. > >>> > >>> Other thoughts included: > >>> > >>> * Use of /opt is perhaps now a QA requirement for Extras > >>> * Can we somehow add a /opt check into minimae/maemian? Is it > >>> possible, and is it sensible? > >> > >> Please recall that maemo5 is not the only maemo. Maemo4 is the latest > >> availble for N800/N810 and maemo2 is the latest officailly available on > >> 770. Many packages can compile from same source for all versions. Don't > >> add artificial obstacles to force developers to make their packages > >> incompatible with older versions. > > > > It's not an artificial obstacle, it's a way to work around the sad > > reality that VFAT is a.) de facto standard, b.) a seriously useless file > > system, c.) most users are unable to cope with better alternatives. > > > > But by all means, if you think this is an artificial obstacle, please > > suggest alternative solutions; we'd be very thankful if you can come up > > with any solution we might've missed. > > A simple solution is to let the installer handle this in a similar manner > to the way doc files are removed after installation. You need: a script > that runs after a package is installed and moves+sym links whatever it > decides are big files or directories to some other location. You might > want to allow package to indicate that some files should not be moved. > Such an indication will be ignored by OS not running this script, thus > allowing the package to be installed on multiple versions of operating > system.
And that indication is already a packaging difference. I'd rather do ./configure --prefix=/opt/<package> and that's it. Cleaner IMHO. Cheers, -- Maemo Software Nokia Devices _______________________________________________ maemo-developers mailing list maemo-developers@maemo.org https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-developers
