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List: kde-core-devel
Subject: Re: [Sysadmin] kpdf move to kdegraphics
From: Andy Fawcett <andy () athame ! co ! uk>
Date: 2003-08-29 9:25:01
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On Friday 29 August 2003 11:57, Dirk Mueller wrote:
> On Friday 29 August 2003 05:31, Christophe Devriese wrote:
> > I would like to request that the move of kpdf to kdegraphics be
> > carried out, unless of course there are serious objections.
>
> I don't quite like the whole copy of xpdf sources in there :/ (I
> don't have any better suggestions on how to do differently though).
> Is there any lib or so to use instead?
Some general notes about including third-party functionality in KDE
releases, rather than specifically kpdf...
1. If the application/library/header is installed to the same prefix as
the original application/library/header, with the same name (I'm mainly
thinking libraries here, application names are easily changed), you
will probably end up with a packaging conflict. Some OS/distros have
seen this already with the copy of Timidity provided in kdemultimedia.
2. If the library/application/header in KDE has been modified (again,
mainly libraries) and is installed to a different prefix, is it
possible to ensure that the original application works okay with KDE's
version of the libraries/headers, just in case the order in ldconfig is
changed?
3. What happens when the upstream release an incompatible API change,
say for a new version? Would the application in KDE be updated to
match, given point #2 above?
Again, please note I am not talking about kpdf/xpdf in this case, just
some generalities that should be observed wherever possible.
It's not always possible to say "well, just use K<app> instead of <app>,
it solves the problem", some installations out there are definitely
multi-user, where some people don't want to use KDE applications.
I agree with Dirk's suggestion of using a shared library where possible,
it's by far the best way. And yes, I accept that this may not be
possible.
Regards,
Andy
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