Custom schemas directory

[ArmelClo]

I think it would be a good addition to be able to customize the schema's output directory.

phrog/build.rs

Line 11 in d7e048c

PathBuf::from(std::env::var("HOME").unwrap()).join(".local/share/glib-2.0/schemas");

For example, I'm trying to package Phrog for NixOS, but we can't modify the user's home directory.

I don't know how to do that well with the Rust build process, but maybe with only an environment variable?

[agx]

This is not where distros package the schema (no distro installs them inside the users home). See e.g. what the Debian packaging does.

[agx]

Should add: we use meson in other projects to install these files (to make it easier for distros). @samcday prefers build.rs (see #182 (comment)) for a discussion but idk yet how we'd handle all the prefix, bindir, libexecdir, schemadir there in a sensible way (so it gets preserved between builds, etc).

[ArmelClo]

Thanks for the clarifications, Meson is very handy when packaging Phosh projects, but if the main maintainer doesn't like it or doesn't want to use it, it is not an issue for me.
Also, do you know why this project is on GitHub and not in GNOME's GitLab? Is it because it is not an official Phosh project?

[agx]

It's listed at https://phosh.mobi/about/#display-manager so that's about as official as it gets. It's mostly phrog's primary maintainer enjoying a bit different work flow than most of the other projects but note that other projects like feedbackd and cellbroadcasts are on fdo's gitlab so it's not all in one place.

[samcday]

@ArmelClo thanks for bringing this up. The current build.rs shenanigans are a bit hacky and primarily intended to make local development (cargo build|run) cycles more ergonomic. I think the jank just hasn't offended Debian/Fedora/Alpine packaging environments.

I'll put up a PR soon that ensures the build.rs stuff doesn't hard fail your build, in the meantime you could simply patch out that file from your NixOS build root entirely.