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[Pim Vullers <pim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 06/14/12 19:46, Cassidy James wrote:
> Hey everyone,
> 
> I've been checking into the requirements for uploading apps to USC, and
> I came across an interesting bit here:
> 
>     In order for your application to be distributed in the Software
>     Centre it must:
> 
>       * Be in one, self-contained directory when installed
> 
>       * Be able to be installed into the /opt/<package-name> directory (*)
> 
>       * Be executable by all users from
>         the /opt/<package-name> directory (**)
> 
>       * Write all configuration settings
>         to ~/.config/<package-name> (This can be one file or a directory
>         containing multiple configuration files)
> 
> 
>     (*) Open source, zero-cost apps should be installable
>     to /opt/extras.ubuntu.com/ <http://extras.ubuntu.com/><package-name>
>     (**) Users only have read and not write privileges to this directory
> 
> 
> Would our apps fit these requirements? If not, how much work would it be
> to make them fit the requirements?

For files this is not much of a problem. This can be achieved by setting
the install prefix to /opt/<package-name>/. The issue is GSettings
(these schemes are currently installed in /usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas).

I don't know if Granite will also be offered through this way. But
libraries might also cause issues. This approach would require apps to
bundle custom libraries, or there must be some mechanism to add
/opt/<library-name/lib or so to the library path.

So the major issue is the GSettings schemes. Otherwise I see no issues
for small apps. For larger apps it will be harder to achieve.

Pim Vullers