14 Feb
2014
14 Feb
'14
7:44 a.m.
On Friday 14 of February 2014 07:57:52 Michele Calgaro wrote:
It is wrong when two packages install files with same name in the same place.
Especially so common names, such as "random.png" may be in different packages
with different content. So it is a bug common to all - that affect everyone -
TDE wide. The second commit that caused file conflicts is e3fe49a9.
This is certainly not a problem that should be solved at the packaging level.
If some distributions do not mind, when different packages accidentally
overwrite the same files with different content, it's the lack of that
distribution. But the fact remains the fact that the bug must be dealt within
the source code, where it was due.
Slavek
--
In the past
when there have been icon conflicts -- that has been a
*packaging* problem for packagers to handle when it does not effect
everyone TDE wide.
The problem for Debian/Ubuntu can be solved in the packaging scripts, using
different paths for the same icon (for example moving the icons back to
their original position). Nevertheless it is *never* a good idea to have
two different packages (regardless of the distribution used) having files
going into the same location. There is no problem when you install (you
just overwrite the file and probably don't even notice the problem), but it
you remove a package then you can break another one. So IMO it would be
better to use different locations for the icons for all distributions, not
just Debian/Ubuntu.
Cheers
Michele