Fwd: update on ARB exception for /opt installation

[Shane Fagan]

Hey all,

Apologies I was stuck in a friends house away from my computer because
of the snow. Sorry about that ill look back on the IRC log and reply if
I see anything that sticks out. 

--fagan
 
On Tue, 2010-12-07 at 10:40 -0800, Allison Randal wrote:
> 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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