I'm looking for advice on the best way to deal with a change in sylpheed 3.1.1. Sylpheed is an X11 mail client.
Up to now, user configuration data has been stored in ~/.sylpheed-2.0. This has been changed to ~/Library/Application Support/Sylpheed in sylpheed 3.1.1, but there are no provisions for existing users who upgrade from an earlier version. If the user has not manually moved their configuration data, sylpheed 3.1.1 acts as if it has never run before and prompts the user to input their email settings. I wasted over two hours trying to understand why sylpheed 3.1.1 did not use my existing configuration data before I finally found out what was going on. I want to ensure that users of this package don't suffer the same fate. I see the following options: 1. Create a post-install script that checks for the presence of ~/.sylpheed-2.0. If this exists, and ~/Library/Application Support/Sylpheed does not exist, it would copy the data in ~/.sylpheed-2.0 to ~/Library/Application Support/Sylpheed. 2. Same as above, but have fink explain the situation and ask the user to confirm this is what he wants to do. This has the advantage of making the user aware of this change. 3. User symlinks in ~/Library/Application Support/Sylpheed rather than copy the data. Otherwise the same as option 1. 4. User symlinks in ~/Library/Application Support/Sylpheed rather than copy the data. Otherwise the same as option 2. 5. Create a post-install script that tells the user about the change in location for configuration data, and recommend that he move the data himself before running sylpheed again. I'm leaving towards option 3. It has the advantage of allowing the installation to complete without the need for user intervention. If the user manually edits the data in ~/.sylpheed-2.0, thinking this is still the default location, his edits are used due to the symlink in ~/Library/Application Support/Sylpheed. I'd appreciate any suggestions or comments. Best regards, -- Kevin Horton Ottawa, Canada ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Achieve unprecedented app performance and reliability What every C/C++ and Fortran developer should know. Learn how Intel has extended the reach of its next-generation tools to help boost performance applications - inlcuding clusters. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-dev2devmay _______________________________________________ Fink-devel mailing list Fink-devel@lists.sourceforge.net List archive: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.os.apple.fink.devel Subscription management: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-devel
