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List:       kde-core-devel
Subject:    Re: How to distribute kdedb plugins
From:       George Staikos <staikos () kde ! org>
Date:       2001-03-28 17:14:30
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On Wednesday 28 March 2001 09:07, Alessandro Praduroux wrote:
> 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...

   And the distros are going to install Oracle, DB2, Informix, etc and link 
KDE against them?  Somehow I doubt that....  It's much better if a user can 
easily build these without downloading all of kdelibs source.

-- 

George Staikos

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