[haiku-development] Re: software organization/installation
- From: "François Revol" <revol@xxxxxxx>
- To: haiku-development@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 16 Feb 2009 18:18:41 +0100 CET
> I've always been a big fan of application menu subfolders: audio,
> games,
> graphics, internet, developpement, videos, system, Office. More or
> less,
> everything a final user need can match those subfolders ... if he
> likes
> subfolders ;) I was glad Yellowtab had this to Zeta !
> Another problem here is localisation. My subfolders are the
> following:
> Accessoires, Audio, Developpement, Images, Internet, Office, Système,
> Vidéos. Yes, because i'm french. So having symlinks in the .pkg files
> in a
> "videos" files would have the result of two folders: "Videos" and
> "Vidéos".
> All systems have this problem: Windows creates a new folder with the
> application name (ex: /Mozilla Firefox/Firefox) that i have to move
> to
> /Internet, MacOSX ask me to manually drop down the icon in the app
> folder
> and then drag n' drop it into the Dock manually, ... Seems like a
> tuff
> question ! :)
> Perhaps a mix with your attributes "category" idea and a LiveQueries
> on
> applications in the /apps folder could do the job btw ...
Like
http://revolf.free.fr/beos/shots/shot_query_based_menu.png
?
> Aren't needed libraries are store in a /lib folder with each app
> actually ?
> Seems me so ... if not, why not ? Having duplicate libraries for 5 or
> 6
> softwares would make something like what ... 50 mb ? 100 mb ? Even
> the
> cheapest laptops now have 120 Gb harddrives ... updating those for
> each
> would then be a simple software update.
Not everyone has drives that big :p
François.
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