Re: Jconv

[Jonathan Wiltshire <debian@jwiltshire.org.uk>]

On Sun, Mar 22, 2009 at 05:52:38PM +0100, Jaromír Mikeš wrote:
> Dear mentors,
> 
> I would like to make package which should install also two dirs which are not installed if program is installed from source, but they are part of source and are needed for running program.

In the long term, you should ask upstream to fix this (why aren't they
being installed if they are required? are you missing a flag when you
configure the build?)

> - First dir "config-files" contain config files (something like presets) and few very small *.wav files (250KB).
> This dir should be accessible easily for user to edit config files.
> 
> - Second dir "reverbs" contain  just *.wav files in subdirs (6.3MB). 
> config files from first dir assuming that this dir has path /audio/reverbs.
> 
> 
> Please can you advise me where create "config-files" dir to match debian policy.

If they're purely configuration files, and meant to be system-wide, they
should be in a subdirectory in /etc. But if they are user-specific, they
should get put in the user's home directory (note: there's no way to do
this in your packaging, the application must do it on startup).

> Is creating dir /audio/reverbs alowed in debian? 

Absolutely not (http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-opersys.html).

>If not where place dir like this. 

I suggest /usr/share/<your-package>/audio/reverbs. Also, if they
are big, they should be in a seperate binary package (jconv-fx, perhaps?)
that is arch-independent, along with any other effects stuff you want
installing.


> 
> Thank you for help
> 
> mira
> 

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