24 Apr
2012
24 Apr
'12
7:14 a.m.
Hello, I've noticed that the Debian/Ubuntu packaging for TDE
applications often adds a man page and a XPM icon.
Would'nt it be
better if these files were included with the source code, and
automatically installed by "make install" ?
It would avoid the effort
for each distribution packaging to deal with these files ...
Francois
24 Apr
24 Apr
12:40 p.m.
New subject: [trinity-devel] TDE applications: man pages and XPM icons
On Tue, 24 Apr 2012 09:14:12 +0200
François Andriot <francois.andriot(a)free.fr> wrote:
Hello, I've noticed that the Debian/Ubuntu packaging for TDE
applications often adds a man page and a XPM icon.
Would'nt it be
better if these files were included with the source code, and
automatically installed by "make install" ?
It would avoid the effort
for each distribution packaging to deal with these files ...
Not all distributions add stuff like that (Gentoo doesn't, I would
presume Slackware doesn't). Does anyone know why the
Debian-descended distros think they're necessary? (I'm
especially confused by the icons—what's the value of having
XPMs in addition to the PNGs?) If there's no good argument
for having them that applies to all distros, I would vote against
adding extra stuff to the main tree—why up the maintenance
burden for nothing?
2:11 p.m.
New subject: [trinity-devel] TDE applications: man pages and XPM icons
Le 24/04/2012 14:40, E. Liddell a écrit :
On Tue, 24 Apr 2012 09:14:12 +0200
François Andriot<francois.andriot(a)free.fr> wrote:
OK I agree that if XPM icons are not required by everyone, we should not
add them.
But what about man pages ?
Hello, I've noticed that the Debian/Ubuntu packaging for TDE
applications often adds a man page and a XPM icon.
Would'nt it be
better if these files were included with the source code, and
automatically installed by "make install" ?
It would avoid the effort
for each distribution packaging to deal with these files ...
Not all distributions
add stuff like that (Gentoo doesn't, I would
presume Slackware doesn't). Does anyone know why the
Debian-descended distros think they're necessary? (I'm
especially confused by the icons—what's the value of having
XPMs in addition to the PNGs?) If there's no good argument
for having them that applies to all distros, I would vote against
adding extra stuff to the main tree—why up the maintenance
burden for nothing?
2:23 p.m.
On 04/24/2012 10:11 AM, François Andriot wrote:
Le 24/04/2012 14:40, E. Liddell a écrit :
I think all trinity applications should have manual pages. In general I
am against platform (gnome/kde/gnustep) specific manual systems. I was
everyone would just stick with man pages.
calvin
On Tue, 24 Apr 2012 09:14:12 +0200
François Andriot<francois.andriot(a)free.fr> wrote:
OK I agree that if XPM icons are not required by everyone, we should not
add them.
But what about man pages ?
Hello, I've noticed that the Debian/Ubuntu packaging for TDE
applications often adds a man page and a XPM icon.
Would'nt it be
better if these files were included with the source code, and
automatically installed by "make install" ?
It would avoid the effort
for each distribution packaging to deal with these files ...
Not all distributions
add stuff like that (Gentoo doesn't, I would
presume Slackware doesn't). Does anyone know why the
Debian-descended distros think they're necessary? (I'm
especially confused by the icons—what's the value of having
XPMs in addition to the PNGs?) If there's no good argument
for having them that applies to all distros, I would vote against
adding extra stuff to the main tree—why up the maintenance
burden for nothing?
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