Re: VNC plans.
On Thu, Nov 21, 2002 at 02:21:18PM +0000, Andrew Suffield wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 21, 2002 at 01:49:33PM +0100, Ola Lundqvist wrote:
> > 0) Start using alternatives for vnc.
> >
> > 0.1) Link svncviewer staically with libvncauth instead
> > of dynamically.
> >
> > 1) Package tightvnc as:
> > tightvncserver, provides vncserver
> > tight[x?]vncclient, provides vncviewer
> > tightvnc-doc
> >
> > The hard part is to test that they can coexist.
>
> Why do they need to coexist with the other implementation? They could
> simply conflict.
Probably because I'm a person who wants to make everything
"good" way. I will get bugs about "why can they not coexist??!" and
to fix them I have to do this anyway, but in a easier way. :)
> > 2) Change the vnc package to realvnc
> > realvncserver, provides vncserver
> > realvncviewer, provides vncviewer
> > vnc-common (I have to check what's in there).
>
> These names suck. They imply that the other implementation is not
> real. Maybe something involving 'vanilla' would be better.
Agreed! The problem is that (as people have told already) the
new (the same crew as far as I know) upstream call themself realvnc...
I think I stick to the upstream name. An other solution is to
not change the name and make it provide rfbserver and rfbclient.
Maybe that is not a bad solution after all. :) It makes it less
hard for me ;)
> > 3) Ask for the removal of the old vnc packages.
>
> For one release, make them metapackages that depend on the tightvnc
> packages - that way people who do nothing will continue to have the
> same packages that they always did (I presume that vnc* is tightvnc in
> woody).
And with the new solution I do not have to make this step.
> > 4) Change name of vnc-java to realvnc-java
And not this either.
> > 5) Package tightvnc-java.
>
> Same thing applies.
>
> > 2) Do I have to ask for vncserver and vncviewer as they
> > become virtual packages?
>
> Parse error.
Policy requirement. Do I have to have this in official virtual
package list (I maintain all the packages right now, including
rfb if I want to)? Well I will probably ask for it anyway, but that
is assuming that I get it to work at all.
Regards,
// Ola
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