TJ, I have included my answers below. Thanks, -Jonathan
On Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 9:56 AM, TJ <[email protected]> wrote: > These are the questions that have cropped up so far: > > 1. What version(s) of Python are required (i.e; >= 2.2, >=2.4) ? I've only tested on Python 2.5 and greater. It might work with older > version too, but that's a bit of an unknown. > > > 2. install/postinst.py is trying to copy MLT python bindings (mlt.py, > _mlt.so, mlt_wrap.o) which don't exist (at least the source doesn't) - > are these no longer required? These 3 files are installed by my custom MLT .deb installer. After building > MLT, I ran the following commands to generate the swig Python bindings: > > $ cd ~/mlt/src/swig/python > $ sudo bash build > Then these 3 files need to be copied into the Python path (i.e. the > site-packages or dist-packages folders, or any other folder in the Python > path). Ideally, the MLT Python bindings would be packaged separately (i.e. > something like mlt-python-bindings, or what ever). If done correctly, you > can open up the Python shell, and type "import mlt", and it will not throw > an error. This has always been one of the more difficult steps to > automate in my build wizard and in the packaging I've attempted so far. =) > > > 3. install/openshot.dpm isn't installed - should it be, or is it not > required? This file can be ignored. I'm going to delete it from the trunk. > > > 4. install/openshot.dpm doesn't seem to be viewable according to its > mime-type (TrueType font application/x-font-ttf), what type is it? > > 5. install/openshot.desktop contains absolute paths for icons > to /usr/local/share/* locations which need to be become agnostic. The > icon should be installed in the system icons directory. If the logo icon > is referenced from the program code that will need updating to detect > the system path location and concatenate it with the filename. This is the only path in OpenShot that is hard-coded. Everywhere inside > OpenShot we do exactly like you suggest, and concatenate the system path > with the filename. I just didn't know where to install this icon, and how > to refer to it's path on the .desktop file. > > > 6. Two directories (thumbnail/ and queue/) appear to be per-user > 'runtime' rather than 'build-time' requirements. This suggests they > should be created in the user's home directory: ~/.openshot/thumbnail/ > and ~/.openshot/queue/. > The primary reason for this would be user permissions to the > applications' installation directory are restricted to read+execute. > This requires programs changes so we'll need to liaise on this since the > program would need to ensure the directories are created at each launch > - the Debian package wouldn't have anything to do with them. > I will go ahead and move these folders into the home directory. This > should be a fairly easy change. OpenShot will create these folders at > runtime, so there shouldn't be any problems. > > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: > https://launchpad.net/~openshot.developers<https://launchpad.net/%7Eopenshot.developers> > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : > https://launchpad.net/~openshot.developers<https://launchpad.net/%7Eopenshot.developers> > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >
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