[Ubuntu] Packaging Orfeo Toolbox for Debian

[Rashad M]

On Thu, Jul 10, 2014 at 1:54 PM, Andreas Tille <andreas at an3as.eu> wrote:

> Hi Rashad,
>
> On Thu, Jul 10, 2014 at 01:46:05PM +0200, Rashad M wrote:
> > > ...
> > >     /usr/bin/otbgui_*
> > >     /usr/bin/otbcli_*
> > >
> > > files rather to
> > >
> > >     /usr/lib/otbgui
> > >     /usr/lib/otbcli
> > >
> > > and leave only the main executable (otbgui and otbcli) in /usr/bin and
> > > setting the PATH accordingly.  At least from an uninformed point where
> I
> > > am this somehow sensible.
> > >
> >
> > I dont understand this. otbcli_* and otbgui_* are scripts and loads the
> > application. So moving it to /usr/lib may not be good enough.
> >
> > BTW. what you mean leaving only main executable?.
>
> As I tried to express: I have no (I mean *really* no) idea about otb
> just from packaging and in some cases (as I know now better not for otb)
> a whole set of binaries is not  intended to be called by the users.
> Meanwhile I learned from a user that this is not the case here and so
> my suggestion was stupid.  Feel free to simply forget it.  Sorry for
> creating confusion by making stupid suggestions.
>
> Dont be sorry here. I jumped in because it always goes to /usr/bin/otbcli*
and I thought to save trouble in making this change.
Anyway if you have some problems as you said with lintian, feel free to
discuss here or otb-developers group. I can help with what I know.

I would be more interested in answers to the other parts of my mail and
> the plan to move the package from UbuntuGIS to main Debian (to later
> become a part of UbuntuGIS automatically via migration to Ubuntu.  We
> discussed this strategy on the UbuntuGIS mailing list before and I hope
> we could continue with this plan.
>



>
> Kind regards
>
>        Andreas.
>
> --
> http://fam-tille.de
>



-- 
Regards,
   Rashad
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