OpenCV 2 or 1

[Ralf Gommers]

On Wed, Nov 4, 2009 at 5:39 PM, Chris Colbert <sccolbert at gmail.com> wrote:

>
> There are so many different ways that people can configure their
> system. I think it fair for us to say, "if you want to do X you must
> have Y, otherwise you have to do Z"
>
>
> Sure.

>
> On Wed, Nov 4, 2009 at 5:38 PM, Chris Colbert <sccolbert at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I would rather make a global module variable in the OpenCV files that
> > a user can set to the path of their OpenCV 2.0 libs if they have more
> > than one version installed.
> >
> > I see three situations:
> > 1) a user wants to use scikits and doesnt have opencv
> >  - so they follow the build instructions and build 2.0 - no problems
>

I assume you mean "if he needs this opencv functionality". Please keep it
optional.


> > 2) a user wants to use scikits and has opencv 1.x
> >  - so they remove 1.x and build 2.0 - no problems
> > 3) a user wants to use scikits and has opencv 1.x but CANT get rid of
> > it because they are using it for other things.
> >  - THIS user is a power user and shouldnt mind setting a variable in a
> > file to point to their 2.0 libs.
> >
>

Easy to do, and would only affect a few users. If this file is under version
control that may be very annoying for developing though. If you set the
variable you can never fast-forward anymore.

Cheers,
Ralf
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