Re: packaging updates/changes/customization for woody's release

2001-05-08 Thread Ivan E. Moore II
> > If you don't like this you can edit /etc/kderc /etc/kde2/system.kdeglobals > > and what do they do? (been meaning to ask that for awhile now) They are tie ins to the kstddir bits...they allow you to override or add to the list of config dirs and other global settings... [Directories] dir_co

Re: packaging updates/changes/customization for woody's release

2001-05-08 Thread Bruce Sass
On Mon, 7 May 2001, Ivan E. Moore II wrote: <...> > this is how I am going to be doing it. > >1. all official .desktop files for mimelnk/applnk/services/servicetypes > will > go under /usr/share/kde. (ie.. /usr/share/kde/applnk) > They will not be *currently* marked as conffiles.

Re: packaging updates/changes/customization for woody's release

2001-05-07 Thread Ivan E. Moore II
> > And this could save you a ton of work. How often do you have to remove > > all those lines from every .desktop file...during *every* upgrade. By > > conffile'ng all of them you will only have to do your modifications when > > one of the .desktop files change...which doesn't happen that often

Re: packaging updates/changes/customization for woody's release

2001-05-07 Thread Bruce Sass
On Mon, 7 May 2001, Ivan E. Moore II wrote: > > Please don't do it. I modify every single .desktop file that comes > > from KDE (all those langs I'll never use are a significant waste of > > disk space and processing time) and it is not fun doing an upgrade > > when they are all conffiles. What

Re: packaging updates/changes/customization for woody's release

2001-05-07 Thread Achim Bohnet
On Monday 07 May 2001 20:36, Jens Benecke wrote: > On Mon, May 07, 2001 at 09:41:24AM -0600, Ivan E. Moore II wrote: > > > > > I'd like all of you who have done some sort of customization of your > > > > KDE installations to look over it and figure out what bits would be > > > > good for Debian.

Re: packaging updates/changes/customization for woody's release

2001-05-07 Thread Ivan E. Moore II
> Please don't do it. I modify every single .desktop file that comes > from KDE (all those langs I'll never use are a significant waste of > disk space and processing time) and it is not fun doing an upgrade > when they are all conffiles. What concerns me the most though is that > when you start

Re: packaging updates/changes/customization for woody's release

2001-05-07 Thread Bruce Sass
On Mon, 7 May 2001, Ivan E. Moore II wrote: > > > I'd like all of you who have done some sort of customization of your KDE > > > installations to look over it and figure out what bits would be good for > > > Debian. What parts would enhance the KDE default installation. What > > > > My vote goes

Re: packaging updates/changes/customization for woody's release

2001-05-07 Thread Ivan E. Moore II
> > I'd like all of you who have done some sort of customization of your KDE > > installations to look over it and figure out what bits would be good for > > Debian. What parts would enhance the KDE default installation. What > > My vote goes on configuring /usr/share/applnk as config files, so

packaging updates/changes/customization for woody's release

2001-05-07 Thread Ivan E. Moore II
Ok...so as our Release guy prepares to set a freeze date (probably about a month away) I have to prepare for the time when I can no longer upload except for RC bug fixes. You probably will have or will soon enough notice I'm doing more work in customization of the packages. Things like menu work,