On Thu, 2009-09-10 at 11:58 +0200, ext Matan Ziv-Av wrote: > On Thu, 10 Sep 2009, Mohammed Hassan wrote: > > > 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. > > But such a packaging difference leaves a package compatible with OS2008, > while moving some files to /opt might not be. > > > I'd rather do ./configure --prefix=/opt/<package> and that's it. > > That means two packages needed - one for fremantle and one for OS2008, > while in many cases it could be unnecessary.
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