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List:       kde-usability
Subject:    Re: Putting my money where my mouth is
From:       Allan Sandfeld Jensen <kde () carewolf ! com>
Date:       2003-02-23 20:59:22
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On Sunday 23 February 2003 21:02, Tim Jansen wrote:
>
> I believe that at some point KDE needs to set a few standards that make it
> possible to achieve binary compatibility, but would also help
> distribution-independent source RPMs.
>
> These standards would include:
> - the compiler used for compiling
Use gcc-safe Standard C++ abi. For example gcc 3.2 or 3.3 with -Wabi.

> - a common installation directory
I am not sure thats such a good idea. Instead use kde-config --prefix

> - minimum capabilities of the X11 server/xlib
We cant require Xrender before sun implements it in their x-server.

> - the versions of KDE dependencies, if they do not ensure binary
> compatibility and basically everything that needs to be determined at
> runtime.
This should be handled by the linking format. Personally I wouldnt mind 
obsoleting ELF.

> With guidelines like this it would be possible with to create packages that
> work everywhere (as long as it's the same OS and architecture).
> autopackage.org and similar projects can help to solve rpm/deb differences.
>
Hopefully it should be possible to make packages that work regardsless of OS 
as long as it some kind of posix unix with X.

`Allan
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