[kde-freebsd] Prefix decisions redux

[Michael Nottebrock]

Tilman Linneweh schrieb:
> * Andy Fawcett [2008-02-15 15:17]:
>   
>>> If it is possible i would vote for the (include|lib|bin)/kde3
>>> solution.  But /usr/local/kde3 would be ok too.
>>>       
>> I think we need to do this, to make life easier in the long run.
>>
>> The one thing that concerns me is that we do have users who don't start KDE 
>> from kdm scripts, or even run a KdE desktop at all. Having the binaries in a 
>> non-standard path (either KDE3 or 4) is going to cause them problems.
>>     
>
> Indeed. But if we want have both in /usr/local/bin we have to add 3 or 4 to the binary names.
>   
Suffixing binaries unfortunately is not fully supported in either KDE3 
or KDE4. Autoconf can be made to suffix the binaries relatively easy, 
but not to update the desktop files with those suffixed names. Not 
having any KDE binaries in /usr/local/bin is ugly, too. So I think we 
will have to choose which KDE version we want in bin and which we want 
in a subdirectory beneath bin. Personally, for POLA's sake, I would keep 
KDE3 binaries where they are and put KDE4's binaries into bin/kde4 and 
move them up to bin later - once KDE3 vanishes or has become clearly 
less popular.

Cheers,
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