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List:       kde-user
Subject:    Re: Help w/ RH6 & KDE 111 update
From:       jedd <jedd () progsoc ! uts ! edu ! au>
Date:       1999-06-29 10:04:09
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On Mon, 28 Jun 1999, John Aldrich wrote:

 ] This really complicates things then...and means that unless you want to build your own distro,

 Hi John.

 It's really important to not get 'distro' mixed up with 'package'.  Building
 your own package is insanely easy (well, relatively easy).  Building an
 entire distro can take years, and even then it might blow goats.  (I'm not
 *just* talking about slackware...)

 Most distro's appear to include packages that let you make rinky packages
 of your own with little effort.  This means that your system can maintain
 its integrity, and also that files continue to be where you expect (and want)
 them to be.

 ] you're stuck using JUST the RPMs from the site that manages your particular distribution. Now, I
 ] realize that each distribution does things their own unique way, but isn't there some sort of way
 ] the KDE folks could REQUIRE that KDE be put into a "standard" directory or something? Seems rather
 ] contratdictory to the whole "open source" idea to have the "author" default to one directory, and
 ] every distributor put it in a whole different directory. 

 One of the basic principles of the whole 'open souce' idea is freedom.  That
 is, my inherent freedom to put my files wherever I like.  If someone can't
 write software that can run from any arbitrary position, then they're not
 very good at writing software.

 I use Debian.   This distro doesn't cater at all for this /opt/ thingy.  I
 regularly grab new k-apps as tarballs, and am frequently thwarted by
 the author's assumption I'm running redhat or something just as bad.
 (Latest example -- kstocks, with a craftily hidden file containing lots
 of hard-coded references to /opt stuff.)

 Cheers,
 Jedd.

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