Am Sonntag 30 Mai 2010, 13:30:10 schrieben Sie:
> > Please help me understand this issue. You are talking about the tarball
> > we release (gnumed-server.tgz). This tarball is essentially a cleaned up
> > snapshot of our GIT tree structure.
> >
> > I assume that Fedora wants the tarball itself in a certain form with a
> > certain directory structure ?
>
> Its not really a requirement for a particular directory structure. It
> has more to do with which files can go where.
>
Do you mean the final destination of the files or do you mean the origin of
the files inside the released tarball ?
> > If this is of concern we could look into rearranging the content
> > directory structure of the tarball. However for the moment I do not see
> > any purpose except for the Fedora guideline because the packager will
> > move the file to another layout anyway.
>
> I can easily selectively copy the different files to the required
> locations but my concern is that whether such a trick actually work.
Let us know where they are supposed to go. What about the existing Fedora
package ? Does it copy to the wrong places ?
> I
> found a lot of hardcodings as far as the paths of files are concerned.
I don't think there is anything hardcoded. Pretty much all is handled as long
it is in the python PATH. We need to know what files you want where.
> I am afraid that if I move the python files to the required
> directories, it might break the application.
Don't worry just let us know what you want.
> The package could also be autotoolized or atleast a makefile should be
> provided so that it is easier to configure and install.
>
I am not capable of either. This has been discussed back and forth. Noone on
our team has the skills and we did not see any obvious benefit.
> Looking forward to working this out.
Me too,
Sebastian