Re: Package request (Frostwire)

Anssi Hannula <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.linux.mandrake.plf.general
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Anssi Hannula wrote:
> Austin Acton wrote:
>> On Sat, 2008-02-23 at 20:28 +0200, Sander Lepik wrote:
>>> as Mandriva doesn't allow P2P in their repos, would it be possible to 
>>> add Frostwire (http://www.frostwire.com) into some PLF repo? Fedora 
>>> package runs fine but it doesn't have menu entry.
>> I would consider doing it, as most PLF p2p clients are in bad shape...
>> i.e. outdated or broken or unstable.
>>
>> I'm just not sure of the "right" way to package frostwire.  It's java,
>> but includes some .so files... looks like 32-bit versions only.  And
>> looks like the entire thing has to be run from an application directory.
>> Would I use /usr/share or /usr/lib?
>>
>> I'll leave it for a java expert,
> 
> Argh, in PLF context I guess this means me :p
> 
> I hope to be able to take a look at some point, and package it unless 
> it'd be too much work.

I have looked into it, and there is a nice java-style dependency web. I
can probably do it, but not very soon.

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Anssi Hannula
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