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List:       koffice-devel
Subject:    Re: Release proposition: Individual applications release
From:       Cyrille Berger <cberger () cberger ! net>
Date:       2008-05-03 19:56:09
Message-ID: 200805032156.09266.cberger () cberger ! net
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On Saturday 03 May 2008, Bart Coppens wrote:
> On Saturday 03 May 2008 18:10, Cyrille Berger wrote:
> > [apt-get install / yum -i / urpmi / whatever] kspread (and kspread
> > install whatever libraries he needs). The same for kword. Well the
> > typical "install koffice" is a good point, but on the other hand until
> > much later, there won't be a "koffice 2.0" release, so there shouldn't be
> > a corresponding package. I guess since it's a meta package, it's up to
> > decide if install koffice should install koffice from the same version,
> > or latest available.
>
> I've always been very much a fan of just using the names KWord2 and so for
> executable names and package names as long as both versions will be needed.
> (And they will be, unless you will be able to, for example, embed a chart
> in kword 1.x without having a kchart 1.x).
It's awfull lot of work. Binaries are only the "surface", but there are 
desktop files for the kpart, for the plugins, all kind of application data. 
Lets face it, it's impossible to install side by side in the same prefix an 
application from 1.6 and from 2.0.

-- 
Cyrille Berger
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