On 09/05/2012 05:51 PM, Stefano Rivera wrote:
>> It's important to remember that when we say "support /opt/ properly"
>> what we really mean is "support /opt/extras.ubuntu.com/* properly". We
>> aren't just using /opt/ as an install prefix, we making a different
>> install prefix for every single application, and that means that every
>> tool is going to need to consider every install prefix for every
>> application that might be installed.
>
> Can this not be solved with a post-install-hooked script (added by
> dh_extras) that collates symlinks to everything in
> /opt/extras.ubuntu.com/{appname}/share/applications/{appname}.desktop
> in /opt/extras.ubuntu.com/share/applications?
>
> Suddenly we only have one new path to look at. Not n paths.
>
> SR
>
Yes, or we could just allow the direct installation into
/opt/extras.ubuntu.com/share/applications/. But in doing so, we bring
back the possibility for file conflicts because we're not isolating
Extras apps from each other.
Michael Hall
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