David Faure wrote: First of all, thanks a lot for your answer!
> On Tuesday 06 September 2011 23:02:21 Yury G. Kudryashov wrote: >> Yury G. Kudryashov wrote: >> >>> What do you think about $XDG_LIBRARY_DIRS${LIB_SUFFIX}, > > If anything, this should be called XDG_PLUGIN_DIRS or XDG_PLUGIN_PATH. OK. > Ah, so that's what your LIBRARY_SPECIFIC_SUFFIX was about, right? Yes, thanks. > To make that easier to understand, please don't define it as "being part > of LIB_SUFFIX", LIB_SUFFIX is usually only arch stuff. > A mandatory implementation-specific suffix (subdir) is orthogonal, and > very much needed too, indeed. > >> Sorry for answering my own e-mail. What is the standard process of adding >> something to the xdg dirs standard? Should I prepare a patch with exact >> phrasing? > > I guess so. I hope that I'll have some time do it next week-end. > > E.g. at the moment I'm missing some information on what the default value > would be :-) XDG_PLUGIN_DIRS: either /usr/lib${LIB_SUFFIX} or /usr/lib${LIB_SUFFIX}/plugins - what do you prefer? If we choose /usr/lib${LIB_SUFFIX}/plugins, it is easier to find all your plugins. The text below is written for the /usr/lib${LIB_SUFFIX} case but it is easy to add "/plugins" to appropriate places. XDG_PLUGIN_HOME: ~/.local/lib${LIB_SUFFIX} (or ~/.local/lib${LIB_SUFFIX}/plugins) Plugins should be installed to ${INSTALL_PREFIX}/lib${LIB_SUFFIX}${LIBRARY_SPECIFIC_SUFFIX}. ${LIB_SUFFIX} should be chosen in the same way that is used for shared libraries. Buildsystem of a plugin-enabled library/application should (must?) allow distributions to override LIB_SUFFIX and may allow override of LIBRARY_SPECEFIC_SUFIX. This is important because different distros may prefer different ABI-specific LIB_SUFFIX'es. Both LIB_SUFFIX ad LIBRARY_SPECIFIC_SUFFIX must be advertised through installed development files (e.g., mylib.pc or MyLibConfig.cmake). Buildsystem of a plugin should install plugins into ${prefix}/lib${LIB_SUFFIX}/${LIBRARY_SPECIFIC_SUFFIX}, where ${prefix} is the plugin's installation prefix (not the prefix of the original library/application), LIB_SUFFIX and LIBRARY_SPECIFIC_SUFFIX are taken from mylib.pc or MyLibConfig.cmake. If the installation prefix of the plugin differs from the installation prefix of the original library/application, plugin may (should?) tell user to adjust XDG_PLUGIN_DIRS. -- Yury G. Kudryashov, mailto: ur...@mccme.ru _______________________________________________ xdg mailing list xdg@lists.freedesktop.org http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/xdg