[brailleblaster] Re: Contents of Distribution File
- From: Alex Jurgensen <asquared21@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: brailleblaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 15 Nov 2010 07:37:15 -0800
Hi John,
The standard Mac OS X convention that I would suggest using for the Mac
distribution of Braille Blaster is a *.app bundle inside of a *.dmg disk image.
Regards,
Alex,
On 2010-11-15, at 7:24 AM, John J. Boyer wrote:
> 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,
>> VoiceOver Trainer,
>> ASquared21@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>
>> Visit us on the web at: www.vipbc.org
>>
>
> --
> John J. Boyer; President, Chief Software Developer
> Abilitiessoft, Inc.
> http://www.abilitiessoft.com
> Madison, Wisconsin USA
> Developing software for people with disabilities
>
>
Alex Jurgensen,
VoiceOver Trainer,
ASquared21@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Visit us on the web at: www.vipbc.org
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