Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2002 20:53:42 +0100 From: Jochem Kossen <j.kossen@home.nl> To: Will Andrews <will@csociety.org> Cc: ports@FreeBSD.org, kde-freebsd@lists.csociety.org Subject: Re: [kde-freebsd] KDE ports, multiple versions, KStandardDirs, and hier(7) Message-ID: <20020326195342.GA763@jochem.dyndns.org> In-Reply-To: <20020326182511.GR22998@squall.waterspout.com> References: <20020326182511.GR22998@squall.waterspout.com>
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On Tue, Mar 26, 2002 at 01:25:11PM -0500, Will Andrews wrote:
>
> 1) I can continue the usual FreeBSD way for Qt/KDE:
> a. Obey hier(7).
> b. Break default qt/kde configure scripts.
> c. install things with different names than what
> qt/kde normally install.
> 2) I can break hier(7) by installing in ${PREFIX}/kde${VER}:
> a. Gain the ability to provide backwards
> compatability both in ports and packages.
> b. Fix qt/kde configure scripts.
> c. Install things like they're supposed to be.
> 3) I can obey hier(7) by installing in ${PREFIX}:
> a. Fix qt/kde configure scripts.
> b. Install things like they're supposed to be.
> c. Lose the ability to support multiple installed
> versions of KDE.
> So given the choices [1-3], of which are KDE/FreeBSD users most
> fond? My current leaning is either choice 2 or 3.
>
I vote for 3 because:
a. it obeys hier(7)
b. i don't think there are many people who'd like multiple versions of
kde floating around on one box...
c. 3 is my lucky number :-)
Good luck and thanks for the great work,
jk
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