[brailleblaster] Re: Contents of Distribution File
- From: "John J. Boyer" <john.boyer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: brailleblaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 15 Nov 2010 09:24:36 -0600
We should certainly look at how different platforms handle application
distribution. I think the zip file might be a good way to start for all
of them. The starter script for Mac OS X could set up BrailleBlaster as
a standard Mac applicationj.
John
On Mon, Nov 15, 2010 at 07:23:57AM -0800, Alex Jurgensen wrote:
> Hi John,
>
> I disagree with this packaging scheme, at least for OS X, because OS X
> applications have a certain convention that they must follow in order to be
> run in the standard way. They are also distributed in a few standard ways.
>
> I suggest that we look at how the different platforms already handle
> distributing files.
>
> Regards,
> Alex,
>
>
> On 2010-11-15, at 7:12 AM, John J. Boyer wrote:
>
> > Here is what I think should be in the BrailleBlaster distribution files.
> > They will be zip files and there will be one for each platform.
> >
> > COPYING: containing the Apache 2.0 license
> >
> > AUTHORS: A list of authors with their e-mail addresses if appropriate
> >
> > README: Instructions on installation, getting started, licensing and
> > where to get the source code
> >
> > scripts: For starting BrailleBlaster on various platforms
> >
> > bin directory: C libraries
> >
> > lib directory: jar files of Java libraries used by BrailleBlaster
> >
> > brailleblaster.jar: the piece de resistance
> >
> > The bin subdirectory will contain the following subdirectgories
> >
> > bin: scripts and command-line tools for liblouis and liblouisutdml
> >
> > lib: The various libraries, such as liblouis, liblouisutdml libitex2MML
> > libhunspell etc.
> >
> > share: containing liblouis and liblouisutdml tables and files. This will
> > enable them to find their stuff in the paths they expect.
> >
> > John
> >
> > --
> > John J. Boyer; President, Chief Software Developer
> > Abilitiessoft, Inc.
> > http://www.abilitiessoft.com
> > Madison, Wisconsin USA
> > Developing software for people with disabilities
> >
> >
>
> Alex Jurgensen,
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>
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John J. Boyer; President, Chief Software Developer
Abilitiessoft, Inc.
http://www.abilitiessoft.com
Madison, Wisconsin USA
Developing software for people with disabilities
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