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List:       kde-core-devel
Subject:    Re: admin/ subdir
From:       Stephan Kulow <coolo () kde ! org>
Date:       1999-12-29 21:04:47
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Kurt Granroth wrote:
> 
> Stephan Kulow wrote:
> [snip]
> > well, KDE libraries are libraries - while
> > autoconf/automake/libtool/yacc/lex, etc are developer tools and
> > requiring them for users is bad. And the other point is that if we
> > require automake 1.4 and some other project requires automake 1.4a,
> > you get in real trouble. This may work for KDE developers, but is
> > certainly bad for anyone else who just wants to compile a single
> > app.
> 
> Okay, but let's go back to the idea of just putting the admin/
> directory in $KDEDIR/share/admin.  We *already* supply a standard
> admin directory in all the sources (kde-common/admin) so the only
> difference would be that it is in a standard place.
> 
> Since kdelibs already installs the header files, it can just as easily
> install the admin files
> 
> Or not?
You seem to forget that people are expecting to download the software
and configure && make all install

How would that work with your approch?

Greetings, Stephan

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