Re: Re: Finding pvconv

> .. searching path ...

I deliberately chose not to search the path.  Most people
don't know what their path is or how to change it, and
*shouldn't have to know*.

So when pvconv isn't found, BitPim says "put it in one
of these 3 or 4 directories".  People who don't know or
care about path can do just that (it would be terrible
being a list 30 items long).  People who do know about
path can ensure the right thing happens on their
machine.

> Binary-only software generally sucks precisely because of 
> this.  Isn't there an OSS tool capable of doing the necessary 
> conversion?

Nope, PureVoice is proprietary Qualcomm.  They have documented
(in RFC 3625) the container file format, but that isn't much
use.

They also have a SDK so you could reduce the amount of
binary crud they supply but we can't use that because of
their legal terms.

Take this as a hint to pay careful attention to what your
future phones use and vote with your feet and money.

Roger


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