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

[if.gnu.linux]

On Fri, 5 Aug 2016 21:47:06 +0200
wwp <subscript at free.fr> wrote:

> Hello if.gnu.linux,
> 
> 
> On Fri, 5 Aug 2016 22:35:17 +0300 "if.gnu.linux"
> <if.gnu.linux at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > On Fri, 5 Aug 2016 21:10:08 +0200
> > wwp <subscript at free.fr> wrote:
> >   
> > > Hello if.gnu.linux,
> > > 
> > > 
> > > On Fri, 5 Aug 2016 16:32:27 +0300 "if.gnu.linux"
> > > <if.gnu.linux at gmail.com> 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 personally build 2 versions of CM in /opt (--prefix), and use 2
> > > user accounts to run them in parallel if needed. Light to put in
> > > place, same system environment (so that you compare what can be
> > > compared), no harm to each user respectively, their running
> > > configuration is separated. If I would need more testing, for
> > > instance running in other Linux boxes, or perfectly isolate a
> > > test bed, I would run in VMs.
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Regards,
> > > 
> > > -- 
> > > wwp    
> > 
> > Hi wwp,
> > 
> > How you manage two CM binary is similar to my method, if I
> > understood you correctly but you use /opt directory instead of
> > $HOME. There is one thing I could not understand from your e-mail.
> > You mentioned two user accounts, how do you achieve this? By using
> > --alternate-config-dir parameter?  
> 
> /opt as prefix, /usr/local/ or /home, doesn't matter, there are
> zillion ways to install several versions of the same product in a fs
> (even, /etc/alternatives, but I guess it's not right to mention it
> here).
> 
> I use two users: 'wwp' and 'test' (it's not the actual truth, I use
> 'johnsmith') and my passwords are.. hmm you don't want to know.
> The 'test' user has just to be created from the appropriate interface
> (Administration/"users and groups" if you're in GNOME, or `useradd` in
> a terminal) and you may need root access for this (or at least to
> authenticate current user again). Once the extra user is created, two
> ways of running CM from it: either run a terminal, `su - test` then
> run the CM binary you want, or "graphically" switch from current user
> to the user using your desktop facility (log out/log in, or user
> switch).
> 
> Hope it's more clear and not more obfuscated now! ;-)
> 
> 
> Regards,
> 
> -- 
> wwp

Hi wwp,

Now I got it. This is much better than what I have been doing. I will
definitely use this method.

Thank you for this enlightening mail:)

With regards,
Numan Demirdöğen
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