[Olsr-dev] change default install location to /usr/local

[Hans-Christoph Steiner]

I like to finish things once I start them.  I'm not saying this must be included now, I just want to resolve the known issues while they are fresh in my mind.

.hc

On Jun 4, 2012, at 5:44 PM, Ferry Huberts wrote:

> Hans,
> 
> Why are you pushing so hard on this.
> I expressed my reservations about the patch: it's low priority, high impact.
> 
> It is easily postponed until after release.
> 
> Henning agreed.
> 
> What's the rush?
> 
> olsr has been doing things in /usr i.s.o. /usr/local since ages.
> 
> On 04-06-12 23:38, Hans-Christoph Steiner wrote:
>> 
>> I have a fixed version on my computer, I'll test it more and post it tomorrow.
>> 
>> .hc
>> 
>> On Jun 4, 2012, at 5:15 PM, ZioPRoTo (Saverio Proto) wrote:
>> 
>>> Hans your patch was not working for me.
>>> 
>>> Anybody else had a chance to test it ?
>>> 
>>> Saverio
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 2012/6/4 Hans-Christoph Steiner<(spam-protected)>:
>>>> 
>>>> For a decision process, I'm generally a fan of lazy consensus of those with commit access.  That means its a consensus process with a time limit for participation.  So basically if objections are not voiced within a time limit, say 3 days or a week or whatever, then its approved.
>>>> 
>>>> .hc
>>>> 
>>>> On Jun 2, 2012, at 7:41 PM, Henning Rogge wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> *sigh*
>>>>> 
>>>>> damned, so much for the hope getting more input what to do...
>>>>> 
>>>>> Okay, here is my suggestion. We release 0.6.3 without the /usr/local
>>>>> patch, to be sure that nothing can go wrong. Directly after the
>>>>> release, we commit the patch to stable repository so everyone using a
>>>>> direct Git build can test it. After this we can look into the new
>>>>> Quagga input we just got and some other things, and release 0.6.4 when
>>>>> we are sure that the new commits are stable and tested.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Its not that we always have to wait for half a year or more for a
>>>>> release, we can do 0.6.4 later this year.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Oh, and we might want to start a discussion about how to handle this
>>>>> process a little bit better. I am concentrating most of my work on the
>>>>> next generation of OLSR, its a little bit crazy to decide all things
>>>>> like this. Especially now where we got more people contributing to the
>>>>> project. :)
>>>>> 
>>>>> Henning
>>>>> 
>>>>> On Sun, Jun 3, 2012 at 12:21 AM, L. Aaron Kaplan<(spam-protected)>  wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> On Jun 1, 2012, at 4:31 PM, Hans-Christoph Steiner wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> I'm curious about how the decision process works in olsrd, since I'm relatively new to olsrd.  From what I see, "we decided" means Henning and Ferry decided. Is that the current process?
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> De-facto Henning is *currently* our friendly benevolent tech-dictator who can be convinced with good arguments.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> I am pretty much tied up with work and other tasks right now but I keep in the background and make sure that things can develop on their own. If not, I'll try to direct things in the right direction.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Layer-8-Aaron.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
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> 
> -- 
> Ferry Huberts