Hi,

FYI it is not

On Thu, 2007-11-29 at 13:29 -0800, Bernard Li wrote:
> Regarding the naming conventions between RPM and Debian packages -- I
> would vote to have them as consistent as possible.  It makes it easier
> for users and developers alike to figure things out.

If a discussion starts about that, i will be happy to participate. :-)


> 
> P.S. For RPM packaging, I plan to set $OSCAR_HOME = /opt/oscar (or
> %basedir) after the oscar-base RPM is installed (%postinstall) --
> since if you are installing via binary packages, the path is set so
> might as well set it up after the package installation for the user
> automatically...

Just a remark FYI and give you an idea of what i did and where i go for
Debian stuff: what you propose is kind of forbidden on Debian (for what
i understand), it is prohibited to use environment variables to make a
software work; you have to use a configuration file or directly install
the software on the system. Currently, i assume that all binaries,
libraries and so on should be installed directly into the system.
Actually, i already have few patches to do so; which are automatically
applied when one creates Debian packages. This is still incomplete and i
do not think i will have the time to work on that before few weeks or
even months since i want to finish first OPM and the new GUI (which will
use OPM). I guess with that you have a pretty good idea for the current
situation for Debian, let me know if you want more details.

Thanks,

> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Bernard
> 
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