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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)
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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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