Re: [Tuxpaint-devel] Managing large # of stamps

[Bill K. <nb...@so...>]

On Sun, Oct 15, 2006 at 05:10:50PM -0400, Albert Cahalan wrote:
> 
> Like this: the "tuxpaint" is an empty package which depends on
> a "tuxpaint-bin" package (containing the executable) and on every
> stamp package. If you install "tuxpaint" you get absolutely everything.

Not a bad idea.  How do other large packages (say, OpenOffice.org,
or some clipart collection) manage this, though?


<snip> 
> That'd give you firemen and firetrucks without a fire! It's bad
> enough that they don't go together. (and where do I add the
> fire hydrant that I have? town???)

Correct. ;^)  Perhaps in the future we can provide a less hierarchical
division of stamps, and provide metadata 'tags'.

Of course, we begin worrying about both packaging/distribution issues
AND stamp access within Tux Paint itself.  I'd like to tread lightly,
for now. :^/


-bill!