From kde-core-devel Wed Mar 28 14:07:11 2001 From: Alessandro Praduroux Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2001 14:07:11 +0000 To: kde-core-devel Subject: Re: How to distribute kdedb plugins X-MARC-Message: https://marc.info/?l=kde-core-devel&m=98578873125833 Il 15:58, mercoledì 28 marzo 2001, George Staikos ha scritto: > I'm really wondering how kdedb plugins will be distributed. I think it's > crazy to have kdelibs depend on various databases now too. Yet some people > will want it to work with their database. Maybe does it make sense to > ship the actual source for the plugins and a Makefile in the binary > packages and allow the user to generate plugins as needed? I've seen > something like this done before but I can't remember where now. It really > wouldn't be fun to have to download kdelibs source after installing a > binary kdelibs packages just so you can compile a kdedb plugin. distibution-wise, a plugin can be a separate module. So, you will distribute: kdelibs v2.2 (including kde-db) kde-db-mysql (the mysql plugin) kde-db-posgres ... This is what actual distros do, I think... -- Pradu pradu@thekompany.com www.thekompany.com