Re: LibO Install/Update ( was [tdf-discuss] Automatic Updates)

Le 2010-10-08 14:53, RGB ES a écrit :
> 2010/10/8 Marc Paré<marc@marcpare.com>:
> > So just to simplify it for those who are like me and who do not realize t
> he
> > process behind the opendesktop.org update system (I'll use KDE4.5.X as an
> > example): *** please correct these if I am wrong ***
> >
> > If you want to update your wallpaper, you can right-click on the desktop
> > area, choose "Folder view settings" and then "Get more wallpapers", this
> > will connect you with the kde-look.org (hosted by opendesktop.org) and it
> > will get for you the latest wallpapers from the site. This is also used i
> f
> > you want to change you KDE themes or ... on the KDE desktop. All of these
> > updates are taken care of by the opendesktop.org standard. (The same has
> > apparently been adopted by the Gnome people too.)
> >
> > The suggestion here, is that rather than having different Linux distros
> > using their own updating process (rpm, deb, ...), LibO could adopt the
> > opendesktop.org standard. This will reduce the amount of work needed when
>   a
> > new version of LibO is announced.
>
> There is a tiny bit of missing info here ;)
> The kind of stuff you find on kde-look.org weights no more than some
> hundreds of KiB (maybe, a bit more of a MiB but usually a lot less)
> while a normal LibO install is near 170 MiB...
> These sites are for add-ons only (walpapers, plasmoids...): nothing
> more, nothing less.
> Non package manager installs must be avoided by normal users (the risk
> to end with a mess is too high), and power users will not have
> problems with installing "by hand" whatever they need.
> For example, right now I have:
> OOo 3.2.1 vanilla (for real work)
> OOo 3.2.1 Novell build (for multimedia ppts that arrives to my inbox)
> OOo 330m9 (testing)
> OOo 300m89 (testing)
> LibO 3.3 beta1 (testing)
> (yes, I'm a compulsive tester... ;) )
> everything running without conflicts on a single account and without
> problems... but I do not recommend this for normal users.
> I cannot speak for other OSs, but best way to install things on Linux
> is through repositories. Second best way to install things on Linux is
> using "by hand" your package manager (.tar.gz files with rpms or
> debs). Everything else is only for crazy people.
> Remember: users are human beings, not computer geeks ;)

Thanks. I am a little confused. So are you saying that packaging LibO in 
such a way as to be able to use the opendesktop.org system is not possible?

Marc


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