Feature Request: Portability Improvements

[M3t0r]

since you're working on the legal stuff to allow distro-packagers to update steam (kudos for that) i'd like to suggest a collection of modiefiable scripts that steam calls to get prefered directorys or install special dependencies.

much like

$ steam-helper path default-game-repository
/var/steam

or

$ steam-helper install openal

and the distributer translates "openal" to the appropiate package name

would help to get rid of the ~/Steam dir...

[Thaodan]

They can use PackageKit for this every distrubtion suppots it and it wrappers the different packagemanagers.

[M3t0r]

not every does, maybe every major distro, but it is allways an extra package you don't need necessarily need

[Tele42]

This request is compatible with the ideas put forward with Feature Request: Generic Dependency Catcher, it calls for an interface that allows for the community to write an adaptor for thier own distros and potentially could be used both proactively and retroactively.

Edit: Also, the ~/Steam folder's default location has changed to ~/.local/share/Steam, and since it is the game repository, it will never be going away completely. I think that Valve is still receptive to where the proper location of the game repository should be put, but the benefits of the new location needs to be clearly explained over the current layout.

[M3t0r]

it's hidden and doesn't clutter YOUR home folder.
but anything you have in /home/*/* has to be installed for every user on your machine. okay, most systems are 1-user systems, but i, for one, share my pc with my younger brother so he can play some portal. i don't like downloading and installing it twice. steam is already keeping the archives of the game and the game itself on your harddrive (twice the space). if you have to do that for every user you end up using a large multiple of the minimum space you realy need (for 2 user 4x the space).

[Thaodan]

引用自 M3t0r#lululul：

not every does, maybe every major distro, but it is allways an extra package you don't need necessarily need

PackageKIt has support for every package manager and its easy-er to than every other solution that is not distrubtion specific.