[SCIM] The install location of plugin modules

[James Su]

Hi,
  It's for backward compatibility. For example, if scim 1.2.x is binary 
compatible with scim 1.0.x, the external modules for scim 1.0.x can work 
with scim 1.2.x without recompile, so it's not necessary to move the 
modules into a new directory.

Regards
James Su

Ming Hua wrote:

>Hi everyone,
>
>I have a question about the install location of the plugin modules --
>imengine, config, setupui, etc.  I noticed that scim-lib installs all of
>its plugins at
>${prefix}/scim-1.0/1.0.0/{Config,FrontEnd,IMEngine,SetupUI},
>while separate modules (such as scim-chinese, scim-uim) install at
>${prefix}/scim-1.0/{IMEngine,Config}.
>
>Is there some kind of API concern here?  It seems that scim-lib plugins
>will change API more often than separate plugins, but I think if
>scim-lib changes, all other plugins need to be recompiled as well.  So
>why not put them all in ${prefix}/scim-1.0/1.0.0?  The current locations
>make it hard to find an exact module, and it also make my packaging a
>little inconsistent.
>
>I may have missed some obvious reason for this, explanations will be
>appreciated.  Thanks in advance.
>
>P.S.:  Please don't cc: me since I'm subscribed, thanks.
>
>Ming
>2004.08.23
>
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