[vlc-devel] [RFC] Versioned installation directories

[Rémi Denis-Courmont]

	Hello,

Currently, all VLC versions indiscrimitally install their data to 
$(prefix)/lib/vlc and $(prefix)/share/vlc. As a result, installation multiple 
versions in parallel is impossible, since the last installation will override 
files from the previous one. Or more commonly, the package manager won't let 
it happen.

There are sometimes requests for such a feature. Basically, we'd need to 
version the library and data directories, instead of using the automake's 
built-in pkglibdir and pkgdatadir. We'd also need to version the gettext 
domain. AFAICT, the only conflicting files at that point become the VLC 
binary and alias scripts. These can be renamed on the fly with 
configure's --program-transform-name et al - so it's a non-issue.

I don't have any strong opinion either way, so I wonder what other Linux-based 
devs think.

-- 
Rémi Denis-Courmont
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