> Dear Benoit and others, > this is a request and i think it is very resonable: can you just request > uniformized package naming policy for the different distros? The point is, > it is nearly impossible to write cross-distro applications in Gambas2, > since each and every distro has its own packaging policy. For example, > Ubuntu ships packages gambas2-gb-sdl and gambas2-gb-sdl-sound separately. > In Suse it doesn't exist package gambas2-gb-sdl-sound. So if I compile a > program in Ubuntu, there's 0% chances for it to install normally on Suse. > Another example is the variety of gambas2-gb-db-sqlite packages. I simply > cannot switch the driver on, because I'm writing my program (GamCat) > simultaneously for all the major distros (Ubuntu, Fedora, Suse, Arch, > Slackware...). Since you are the owner of the Gambas project, I ask you to > do something to solve this disastrous situation. Gambas is so great, it > would be a pity to let it go headless on! Please force a unified naming > convention upon the packagers! Thank you! > > Csaba
I have explicitely requested that, in a document named "how to package Gambas" you can find on the wiki. I explained that to the Mandriva packager, and now everything is fine (I'm a Mandriva user). I think the specific users should report a bug to their distribution. As I am not a Ubuntu or a SuSE user, I'm not the better people to do that. And if, for example, a lot of Ubuntu users report and vote for that bug, and eventually send a mail to the packager, maybe the situation will become better in Ubuntu. Same thing for OpenSUSE or other distributions. In other words, I don't want to do that alone. I need the help of Gambas users. And one does not need to be a programmer to do that! -- Benoît Minisini ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ThinkGeek and WIRED's GeekDad team up for the Ultimate GeekDad Father's Day Giveaway. ONE MASSIVE PRIZE to the lucky parental unit. See the prize list and enter to win: http://p.sf.net/sfu/thinkgeek-promo _______________________________________________ Gambas-user mailing list Gambas-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gambas-user
