[Translators] How do you manage two Claws Mail binary?

[if.gnu.linux]

On Fri, 5 Aug 2016 20:53:16 +0200
"Erik P. Olsen" <epodata at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 2016-08-05 at 21:38:38 if.gnu.linux wrote:
> 
> > On Fri, 5 Aug 2016 16:18:54 +0200
> > "Erik P. Olsen" <epodata at gmail.com> wrote:
> >   
> > > On 2016-08-05 at 16:32:27 if.gnu.linux wrote:
> > >     
> > > > Hi all,
> > > > 
> > > > As you know before we send updated/new translations , we need to
> > > > test them against new release. I suppose that you compile Claws
> > > > Mail with updated/new translations then test it, and you do not
> > > > want to mix existing Claws Mail, which is installed by your
> > > > preferred distribution's package manager, with newly compiled
> > > > one. So, how do you manage to keep two Claws Mail binary and
> > > > not to mix them?
> > > > 
> > > > What I do is:
> > > > 1- Compile Claws mail
> > > > ./configure --prefix=$HOME/claws-mail-git
> > > > --exec-prefix=$HOME/claws-mail-git
> > > > 
> > > > 2. Change claws-mail.desktop file
> > > > Exec=$HOME/claws-mail-git/bin/claws-mail
> > > > --alternate-config-dir $HOME/claws-mail-git/.claws-mail %u
> > > > 
> > > > 3. Copy claws-mail.desktop as claws-git.desktop to
> > > > ~/local/share/applications directory.
> > > > 
> > > > I wonder if there is an another method that can help to
> > > > me/us.      
> > > 
> > > I use a virtual machine for that sort of tests.
> > > 
> > > -- 
> > > Erik
> > > 
> > >  
> > > 
> > > 
> > > -- 
> > > Regards
> > > Erik P. Olsen
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> > 
> > Hi Mr. Olsen,
> > 
> > It did not occur to me to use a virtual machine for testing until
> > now. Indeed, with a virtual machine you can keep the system clean.
> > But there is something I could not understand. Did you mean
> > compiling binary in a virtual machine by saying that "using virtual
> > machine" or something else?  
> 
> You install a programme package on your computer which behaves as a
> real computer. In this virtual computer you install the operating
> system on which you later install (compile) the programme you intend
> to test. There are several programmes with that capability, one is
> VirtualBox:  https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads
> 
> -- 
> Erik
> 
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I interpreted it that way but I wanted to be sure. Thank you for your
kind answer Mr. Olsen.

With regards,
Numan Demirdöğen
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