On 08/25/2011 12:00 PM, Miloslav Trmač wrote: > On Thu, Aug 25, 2011 at 5:58 PM, Genes MailLists <lists@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> On 08/25/2011 10:28 AM, Nils Philippsen wrote: >> >>> As well, installing both stable versions side-by-side isn't an option as >>> you can't install them into the same prefix: the libraries have the same >>> SONAME, the new ones are expected to be ABI compatible. Therefore I >>> don't see a real alternative to rebasing to 2.8 in stable Fedora >>> releases when it finally is available, after thoroughly testing it of >>> course >> >> I really wish developers would not do that - every app should be >> installable in <path>/app-name-version - and then we use something like >> the alternates system (soft links) to get the version we want to run ... >> we should require this of every app in my view ... > That only helps if you are the system administrator of the system and > if you know about alternatives. Ordinary users are at mercy of either > their system administrator, or the distribution author. > Mirek If an app is installable in its own area - it can just as well be /home/foo/ ... just put link (or script or whatever is needed) to have the app know where its base is). -- devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel
