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Summary: Review Request: vtkdata - Example data file for VTK
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=199406
------- Additional Comments From Axel.Thimm@ATrpms.net 2006-07-20 06:56 EST -------
(In reply to comment #3)
One of recent features of vtk was to allow for several concurrent vtkdata installs due to user demand and be able to switch back and forth.
A versioned data dir would be useful if there is a strong dependency between application and application data, and if the application is supposed to be installed in parallel.
But I don't see how this applies here.
How strongly the application and its data are tied varies in vtk's past. Currently it is quite high, as both got a simultaneous minor release.
(In reply to comment #4)
I don't intend to ever have a second package coinstall a different data set, but if the user wants to do so, I'd like to avoid any conflicts and be verbose on filesytem level about what is actually on the system.
I regret having to say this, but I refuse to approve this package in its current shape.
Now I'm going to break out in tears ;)
Ignoring actual user demand which is acknowledged by upstream development and even implemneted isn't really constructive.