Re: [Java-gnome-developer] naming and distribution issues

[Luca De R. <pie...@li...>]

Il sab, 2003-11-15 alle 11:57, Mark Howard ha scritto:
> /usr/lib is for files installed by the distribution you are using.
> /usr/local is for things you installed separately. It is part of the
> FHS, I think.
> In Debian java policy, java-gnome libs are placed in /usr/lib/jni/
Right, for FHS prefix is /usr/local, however Redhat based distributions
use /usr. (others use something else...)
On Redhat I like to package everything and put in /usr, I don't like
have a separated /usr/local tree. However is very legitimate to default
to /usr/local for java-gnome installation as many other source packages
do. If you want to change prefix it's as simple as passing
--prefix=<your prefix here> to ./configure.


> > Also the jars are installed in /usr/local/share/java-gnome. I don't
> > know any standard folder for jars, but gcj installs it's jar in
> > /usr/share/java. Maybe it's a more logical path.
> Again, I think the chosen directory is the best. 
Me too, but /usr/share/java maybe considered as the default directory
for jars to conform e.g. ant installation. However I don't understand
why jars needs a separated directory.
 
> > 3. distribution format
> > I think having rpms and other distribution formats, basically for
> > binary distribution, can help finding testers. For example, when I see
> Java-gnome is available in the main Debian distribution. rpms are
> available and will be on the main java-gnome website (or at least linked
> from there) very soon.
Jeffrey, are you awaiting the rpms from me ? As I said in the previous
"rpms" thread I would like to know some particulars. I'll repeat it
here:

Let me know if you want them recompiled for a given arch and which
package you want (and if it's better I'll send them privately). 
They are:

java-gnome-debuginfo-0.8.1-8.i686.rpm
java-gnome-javadoc-0.8.1-8.i686.rpm
java-gnome-0.8.1-8.i686.rpm
java-gnome-devel-0.8.1-8.i686.rpm
java-gnome-0.8.1-8.src.rpm

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Luca De Rugeriis <pie...@li...>