Fwd: update on ARB exception for /opt installation

[Allison Randal]

Quick reminder of this meeting in 20 minutes. Talk to you then.

On 12/06/2010 05:34 PM, Allison Randal wrote:
> We should be able to use #ubuntu-meeting, at least, I picked a time that
> wasn't scheduled on the Ubuntu Fridge calendar. But, if it is occupied
> for some reason when we get there, we can fallback to a private channel
> (#ubuntu-arb, or something like that).
>
> Allison
>
> On 12/03/2010 06:33 AM, Shane Fagan wrote:
>> Hey,
>>
>> I was wondering where we should have the meeting? The norm is the have
>> it on #ubuntu-meeting but since no one mentioned it I thought I should
>> ask.
>>
>> --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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>>>>
>>>>
>>>
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