On Fri, 30 Jun 2006 06:36:22 -0500, Rex Dieter wrote: > Michael Schwendt wrote: > > On Thu, 29 Jun 2006 15:51:45 -0500, Rex Dieter wrote: > > > >> Per > >> http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/196901 > >> > >> I'm planning on moving bits out of the traditional %_libdir/qt4. For > >> packagers, the biggest difference(s) will be: > >> libdir: %_libdir/qt4/%_lib/* -> %_libdir/* > >> headerdir: %_libdir/qt4/include/* -> %_includedir/* > >> > >> as well as: > >> datadir: %_libdir/qt4 -> %_datadir/qt4 > >> docdir: %_docdir/qt4-doc-%version -> %_docdir/qt4 > >> translationdir: %_libdir/qt4/translations -> %_datadir/qt4/translations > > > > What will be moved? The 'qt4' hierarchy? Individual files? What happens to > > the concept of co-existing Qt installations? > > %_libdir/qt4 (aka the qt4 heirarchy) will still exist, The main changes are: > * shared libs will now be in %_libdir > * header files will now be in %_includedir > * noarch content will (largely) now live in %_datadir/qt4 instead. What will $QTDIR, $QTLIB and $QTINC look like? Will your layout break anything which uses $QTDIR/lib, $QTDIR/include and $QTDIR/bin? Or do you try to fix that with symlinks? > But the qt4 heirarchy (%_libdir/qt) will still exist, containing other > arch-specific bits (binaries, plugins, etc...) > > This arrangement doesn't preclude having another parallel-installable > qt4 somewhere else, but that's not ever much of a concern/priority, imo. How about another parallel installable _other_ version of Qt? e.g. Qt 3.x, Qt 2.x. What about namespace clashes? > > Will these changes survive package movement into Core (i.e. when Qt 4.x > > will appear in Core)? > > I'd assume so, but that would depend on who (continues) to maintain it > post-move-to-Core.
