[rkward-devel] changes to the mac version

[meik michalke]

hi,

Am Dienstag, 15. Januar 2013, 11:28:57 schrieb Thomas Friedrichsmeier:
> On Monday 14 January 2013, meik michalke wrote:
> > i'm thinking maybe we should drop the /opt/rkward location and have
> > MacPorts install all the Qt and KDE stuff to /Applications/RKWard as well.
> > probably to a hidden folder, so users won't get confused, or maybe there's
> > some other secret magic technique apple invented to make the app folder
> > appear clean...
> 
> Keeping everything in a single directory sounds reasonable to me. The Qt
> docs on deploying on Mac might give some hints:
>   http://qt-project.org/doc/qt-4.8/deployment-mac.html
> (not on how to create the package from Macports, but on where to place files
> in the bundle).

thanks! in effect, MacPorts simply uses the folder structure of its own 
installation for bundles. i.e., on the build machine, the local MacPorts 
install dir is /opt/rkward, therefore the bundle installs to /opt/rkward as 
well.

i'm not sure yet if it's possible to make KDE and Qt install to 
/Applications/RKWard/... instead. my first attempt will be to simply have the 
MacPorts root directory there, then it would obviously be used for sure. but 
i'm afraid the bundling process will just zip up the complete folder, 
including the full MacPorts installation, not just the necessary files. 
haven't tested that yet, though.

> > and finally, i think i need to checkout homebrew some time, as i've just
> > read it can be used for packaging as well, and KDE seems to be available.
> 
> Looks interesting, indeed. Of course it would so much easier, if there was
> only *one* standard packaging tool to worry about...

of course -- i will consider homebrew only if it could completely replace 
MacPorts for the bundling, that is, if it allows better control over things 
like outlined above.


viele grüße :: m.eik

-- 
  dipl. psych. meik michalke
  abt. f"ur diagnostik und differentielle psychologie
  institut f"ur experimentelle psychologie
  heinrich-heine-universit"at d"usseldorf
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