Fwd: update on ARB exception for /opt installation

[Shane Fagan]

That looks like an ok time for me

--fagan
On Thu, 2010-12-02 at 12:43 -0800, Allison Randal wrote:
> Judging from timezones listed for ARB members on Launchpad (let me know 
> if you're in a different timezone) looks like our best meeting time is:
> 
> - 8am Pacific/Auckland
> - 11am US/Pacific
> - 2pm US/Eastern and Canada/Montreal
> - 7pm EU/Dublin
> - 8pm EU/Berlin
> 
> We could probably shift an hour earlier or later, but don't want to get 
> much earlier for Australia/New Zealand or much later for Europe.
> 
> Would this work on next Tuesday (Dec 7th) for you all? That's Wednesday 
> Dec 8th for Australia/New Zealand.
> 
> Allison
> 
> On 11/30/2010 01:27 PM, Andrew Mitchell wrote:
> > Thanks for following this up with the TB. I should be available as
> > needed, though would rather not have a 4AM meeting :)
> > I'm not sure what would suit everyone, but as I tend to be the outlier
> > in terms of timezones, I should be able to make it fit.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Andrew
> >
> >
> > On Tue, 2010-11-30 at 11:35 -0500, Allison Randal wrote:
> >> This unblocks us, so we can move forward with the applications currently
> >> in the queue.
> >>
> >> Could we schedule an IRC meeting later this week or early next week to
> >> run through those quickly? IIRC, we're scattered across US, Europe, and
> >> Australia, which makes timezones tricky, but still possible (I have
> >> another weekly dev meeting across those timezones).
> >>
> >> Allison
> >>
> >> -------- Original Message --------
> >> Subject: update on ARB exception for /opt installation
> >> Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2010 11:17:24 -0500
> >> From: Allison Randal<allison at canonical.com>
> >> To: ubuntu-devel at lists.ubuntu.com
> >>
> >> Tech Board met again today and agreed on:
> >>
> >> - Allow .desktop files to be installed outside /opt. This is the only
> >> exception needed, and persia has a potential workaround for Maverick.
> >> - In Natty, we'll modify Quickly, cdbs, python-support, and related
> >> packages to support installation in /opt.
> >> - For Maverick, accept that .pyc files and version symlinks won't be
> >> generated for Python libraries.
> >> - For Maverick, ARB will perform manual package fixes on proposed
> >> applications, to install in /opt and load libraries from /opt.
> >> - Binaries only in /opt (no exceptions for Maverick), will not be in $PATH.
> >> - Official install location is /opt/extras.ubuntu.com/<packagename>
> >> (with version number, i.e. "/opt/extras.ubuntu.com/foo-1.5")
> >>
> >> Allison
> >>
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