Re: signingparty integration

[davide <lists4davide gmail com>]

On Sun, Nov 30, 2008 at 5:07 PM, Adam Schreiber <sadam clemson edu> wrote:
> Back in August, I posted a little C file to p.g.o [1][2] and it was
> suggested that it be included in seahorse-plugins.  I'm happy to do
> so, but there are some issues we need to discuss.  Right now, it has
> runtime dependencies on LaTeX and rubber.  Both should be available in
> most distributions, but might not be installed by most users.  Do we
> want to simply display a prompt to the user that the requisite
> packages aren't installed, or add a dependency on package-kit.  The
> problem with pkg-k is that it hasn't been proposed as a blessed
> external dependency yet and from the thread on d-d-l the other day I'm
> not sure it would be.
>
> Thoughts?
>
> Adam


Hi, I would just suggest to install these dependencies and, in case
they are not installed, a dialog should tell to the user that he going
to get only a latex source file.
I think it would be a good solution, users can choose to compile the
file on other PCs.