[bt-devel] Fwd: bibletime

[Tim Brodie]

Hi Martin:

----- Original Message -----
From: "Martin Gruner" <mg.pub@gmx.net>
Subject: Re: [bt-devel] Fwd: bibletime


> > Just tell me were to put them? The only reason I've been puting them
there
> > already is because there have been bug fixes and they actually work
better
> > than the beta.
>
> I created a release "development snapshots" in the "bibletime for kde2"
> package. The development versions should go there. Users who are not
willing
> to take the disadvantages of the development versions can use the main
> releases. That's why they should be separated.

great!

> Btw, should we provide sword rpm's? If somebody can use a sword rpm on his
> computer (dependent on the architecture) he can also use the bibletime rpm
> which has sword compiled in statically.
> IMO we should only provide bibletime rpms, and source packages (and source
> rpms) of bibletime and sword for those who need to build themselves. That
may
> result in less confusion for not so experienced users.
> Or am I wrong here?

If we are dependant on a specific release level of sword, IMHO we should
consider providing snapshots.  For example, sword is currently at 1.65, but
we stipulate version 1.52 (I'm not sure if this matters).

I would also suggest that we should also provide a base set of modules
(as well as any required fonts) as well with the expressly
stated purpose to "get you up and running as quickly as possible". Perhaps
the sword team can give us download stats to determine what should be
in the common set?

We then can provide them with good documentation on how to:
i) locate/download/install/configure additional modules, and
ii) locate/download/install/configure recommended fonts for modules in i).

This would then position us to be able to automate these tasks (ith
dialogues in v1.1) to give the user a checklist of modules to pull
down from the sword ftp site.

If we merge a specific release of sword into bibletime by static link,
then we can forego the sword rpm,  but I would still suggest we consider
providing the other co-requisites to make bibletime usable from install
time.

Regards... Tim