Re: signingparty integration

["Adam Schreiber" <sadam clemson edu>]

On Mon, Dec 1, 2008 at 10:45 AM, Stef <stef-list memberwebs com> wrote:
> Adam Schreiber 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.
>
> Would a build time dependency work? We have all sorts of optional build
> time dependencies in seahorse-plugins.

I don't think so, because they aren't required to build it and
wouldn't guarentee they're present on a end user's (non-packager's)
system.  Rubber is called which in tern calls LaTeX.  I suppose one
way around it is to port to cairo and print that to pdf, but would
require learning cairo.

Adam