Re: [arch-general] Question about packaging a library (AUR)

2020-07-21 Thread brent s.
On 7/21/20 12:46 PM, Eli Schwartz via arch-general wrote: > > Dominik, > > $ pkg-config gstreamer-1.0 --variable=pluginsdir > > It's not an option to provide the library in /usr/bin, but a usable > workaround would be to symlink the binary in /usr/bin but install it in > /opt/transcribe/. Check

Re: [arch-general] Question about packaging a library (AUR)

2020-07-21 Thread Eli Schwartz via arch-general
On 7/21/20 12:16 PM, Aneesh Raghavan via arch-general wrote: > On Tue, Jul 21, 2020 at 8:25 AM Dominik Schrempf via arch-general > wrote: >> I tried to provide the videosection library in /usr/lib, but that doesn't >> work. >> I don't feel comfortable providing the library in /usr/bin. Do you kno

Re: [arch-general] Why bind-tools was merged into bind package?

2020-07-21 Thread David C. Rankin
On 7/20/20 2:15 AM, Óscar García Amor via arch-general wrote: > The problem is. Where is the limit? The whole distribution in one > package? The argument is the same, if you don't need it simply don't > use it. If you read the git-commit regarding the change, the packages were combined because the

Re: [arch-general] Question about packaging a library (AUR)

2020-07-21 Thread lists
On Tue, Jul 21, 2020 at 05:25:26PM +0200, Dominik Schrempf via arch-general wrote: > Do you know an appropriate way to deal with such cases? Is it > preferable to install the executable in a separate folder alongside > the library? For example, /opt/transcribe? It seems your AUR package is distri

Re: [arch-general] Question about packaging a library (AUR)

2020-07-21 Thread Aneesh Raghavan via arch-general
On Tue, Jul 21, 2020 at 8:25 AM Dominik Schrempf via arch-general wrote: > I tried to provide the videosection library in /usr/lib, but that doesn't > work. > I don't feel comfortable providing the library in /usr/bin. Do you know an > appropriate way to deal with such cases? Is it preferable to

[arch-general] Question about packaging a library (AUR)

2020-07-21 Thread Dominik Schrempf via arch-general
Hello, I am the maintainer of the 'transcribe' AUR package. Recently, I have received a request (cc) about also packaging and providing a proprietary library that comes along with 'transcribe'. I quote: * videosection, a special plugin provided by us as part of the download, can be found in the f

Re: [arch-general] Why bind-tools was merged into bind package?

2020-07-21 Thread Óscar García Amor via arch-general
El lun., 20 jul. 2020 a las 15:25, Eli Schwartz () escribió: > > On 7/20/20 3:15 AM, Óscar García Amor wrote: > > The problem is. [...] > > Don't be facetious. It's only a joke, don't take me seriously. > > In this [...] > > safer don't have a service installed than installed an disabled. > > Yo