From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@is.elta.co.il>
Subject: Re: Software/HD ecology
Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2002 08:16:04 +0200 (IST) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <Pine.SUN.3.91.1021212081237.15584H-100000@is> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <111220022147059290%anil@null.invalid>
On Thu, 12 Dec 2002, Anil Trivedi wrote:
> I would like to offer a few general suggestions for any large program,
> not just emacs.
Like Miles pointed out, these suggestions are already implemented in
Emacs (and are, in fact, part of GNU coding standards, so should be in
any GNU software package).
> First of all, you should have a clear idea as to which files are needed
> to complie the program but not to run it later, and which ones will be
> needed forever to run the program.
Done.
> 1. You need "clean" and "distclean" to recover from failed compile
> attempts.
Emacs has these.
> 2. Once the program compiles, and works fine, the user should be able
> to delete all files that were needed in compiling but will not be
> needed in running it, or in uninstalling it.
Done. You say "make install", and after that you can delete the entire
source tree where you built Emacs. All files that are needed to run
Emacs are copied by "make install" into the installation directories.
> 3. Finally, should the user decide that this is not his kind of progam,
> there should be an uninstall option that does safely and cleanly remove
> everything.
That'd be "make uninstall".
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[not found] ` <56cfb0e3.0212041458.5eab182a@posting.google.com>
[not found] ` <x5k7ipl35x.fsf@lola.goethe.zz>
2002-12-06 11:14 ` Mac OSX TeX / To X11 or Not? Ajanta
2002-12-06 10:27 ` Raffael Herzog
2002-12-06 14:28 ` Rodney Sparapani
2002-12-06 14:49 ` Kai Großjohann
2002-12-06 14:52 ` Schone Mullerin
2002-12-06 17:35 ` Andrew Choi
2002-12-06 21:30 ` Emacs 21.3.50 on Mac OSX 10.2.2 Ajanta
2002-12-06 23:07 ` Stefan Monnier <foo@acm.com>
2002-12-07 7:53 ` Ajanta
2002-12-07 14:18 ` Kai Großjohann
2002-12-07 18:53 ` Ajanta
2002-12-07 21:53 ` Kai Großjohann
2002-12-09 19:29 ` Stefan Monnier <foo@acm.com>
2002-12-09 23:49 ` For Andrew Choi/Enrico Franconi: Bug in Emacs 21.3.50 Ajanta
2002-12-09 23:21 ` Andrew Choi
2002-12-10 13:39 ` Stefan Monnier <foo@acm.com>
2002-12-10 18:23 ` Software/HD ecology (was Re:...Bug in Emacs 21.3.50) Ajanta
2002-12-10 17:31 ` Galen Boyer
2002-12-10 17:48 ` Phillip Lord
2002-12-10 17:59 ` Galen Boyer
2002-12-10 18:01 ` Phillip Lord
2002-12-10 21:14 ` Ajanta
2002-12-11 12:56 ` Phillip Lord
[not found] ` <101220021416559254\x04%ajanta@no.spam>
[not found] ` <111220021101520860%ajanta@no.spam>
2002-12-11 18:29 ` Phillip Lord
2002-12-11 19:51 ` Ajanta
2002-12-11 19:41 ` Software/HD ecology Henrik Enberg
2002-12-11 20:41 ` Software/HD ecology (was Re:...Bug in Emacs 21.3.50) Stefan Monnier <foo@acm.com>
2002-12-12 3:51 ` Ajanta
2002-12-12 11:49 ` Software/HD ecology Kai Großjohann
2002-12-12 16:30 ` Bijan Soleymani
2002-12-12 19:43 ` Kai Großjohann
2002-12-12 21:03 ` Anil Trivedi
2002-12-13 9:03 ` Kai Großjohann
2002-12-16 16:09 ` Lee Sau Dan
2002-12-16 20:13 ` Kai Großjohann
2002-12-20 16:02 ` Lee Sau Dan
2002-12-13 16:36 ` Kevin Rodgers
2002-12-13 18:59 ` David Masterson
2002-12-13 19:41 ` Kevin Rodgers
2002-12-13 19:42 ` Anil Trivedi
2002-12-12 23:09 ` David Masterson
2002-12-13 9:05 ` Kai Großjohann
2002-12-13 18:49 ` David Masterson
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2002-12-13 11:24 ` Francis Burton
2002-12-16 16:04 ` Lee Sau Dan
2002-12-16 21:52 ` Ajanta
2002-12-16 21:02 ` Stefan Monnier <foo@acm.com>
2002-12-17 5:55 ` Anil
2002-12-20 15:51 ` Lee Sau Dan
2002-12-17 9:41 ` Kai Großjohann
2002-12-17 17:34 ` Ajanta
2002-12-17 17:55 ` Kai Großjohann
2002-12-17 22:14 ` Rodney Sparapani
2002-12-18 6:22 ` Jonathon Isaac Swiderski
2002-12-18 8:51 ` Kai Großjohann
2002-12-20 15:54 ` Lee Sau Dan
2002-12-20 19:19 ` Kai Großjohann
2002-12-20 19:31 ` Alfred M. Szmidt
2002-12-16 21:59 ` Ajanta
2002-12-17 9:54 ` jdf23
2002-12-20 16:01 ` Lee Sau Dan
2002-12-13 8:54 ` Kai Großjohann
2002-12-13 18:53 ` David Masterson
2002-12-16 15:59 ` Lee Sau Dan
2002-12-17 18:29 ` Ajanta
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2002-12-17 18:29 ` Peter S Galbraith
2002-12-24 0:05 ` Peter S Galbraith
2002-12-17 22:24 ` Tribhuvan
2002-12-18 8:32 ` Kai Großjohann
2002-12-19 0:22 ` David Masterson
2002-12-19 14:16 ` Miles Bader
2002-12-19 14:44 ` Fredrik Staxeng
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2002-12-19 15:36 ` Peter S Galbraith
2002-12-20 22:19 ` Alfred M. Szmidt
2002-12-21 0:13 ` Miles Bader
2002-12-21 12:31 ` Fredrik Staxeng
2002-12-21 23:15 ` Tribhuvan
2002-12-22 2:54 ` Miles Bader
2002-12-22 10:46 ` Fredrik Staxeng
2002-12-23 19:42 ` David Masterson
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2002-12-19 16:47 ` Fredrik Staxeng
2002-12-19 21:13 ` David Masterson
2002-12-21 0:17 ` Miles Bader
2002-12-19 21:14 ` David Masterson
2002-12-19 23:38 ` Tribhuvan
2002-12-20 19:06 ` David Masterson
2002-12-20 19:51 ` Tribhuvan
2002-12-20 20:44 ` Tribhuvan
2002-12-20 15:14 ` Kai Großjohann
2002-12-20 15:55 ` Alfred M. Szmidt
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2002-12-20 19:09 ` David Masterson
2002-12-20 19:27 ` Alfred M. Szmidt
2002-12-21 0:24 ` Miles Bader
2002-12-21 2:32 ` Tribhuvan
2002-12-21 12:50 ` Fredrik Staxeng
2002-12-20 15:41 ` Lee Sau Dan
2002-12-20 18:44 ` Tribhuvan
2002-12-20 15:38 ` Lee Sau Dan
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2002-12-17 22:33 ` David Masterson
2002-12-17 23:17 ` Tribhuvan
2002-12-18 8:34 ` Kai Großjohann
2002-12-19 0:20 ` David Masterson
2002-12-19 7:47 ` Kai Großjohann
2002-12-20 15:36 ` Lee Sau Dan
2002-12-20 19:01 ` David Masterson
2002-12-20 15:34 ` Lee Sau Dan
2002-12-20 18:58 ` David Masterson
2002-12-24 6:24 ` Luis Fernandes
2002-12-26 18:20 ` David Masterson
2002-12-27 3:14 ` Luis Fernandes
2002-12-27 4:35 ` Miles Bader
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2002-12-27 12:48 ` Luis Fernandes
2002-12-27 15:39 ` Rodney Sparapani
2002-12-28 2:49 ` Miles Bader
2002-12-28 13:54 ` Luis Fernandes
2002-12-28 14:11 ` Kai Großjohann
2002-12-31 20:08 ` David Masterson
2002-12-27 17:36 ` David Masterson
2002-12-28 1:02 ` Luis Fernandes
2002-12-28 11:07 ` Kai Großjohann
2002-12-28 13:44 ` Peter S Galbraith
2002-12-28 13:49 ` Luis Fernandes
2002-12-31 20:05 ` David Masterson
2002-12-20 15:32 ` Lee Sau Dan
2002-12-20 16:00 ` Alfred M. Szmidt
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2002-12-20 20:00 ` Peter S Galbraith
2002-12-20 20:25 ` Alfred M. Szmidt
2002-12-20 20:34 ` Peter S Galbraith
2002-12-20 21:01 ` Alfred M. Szmidt
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2002-12-20 21:40 ` David Kastrup
2002-12-20 21:59 ` Alfred M. Szmidt
2002-12-21 0:25 ` Peter S Galbraith
2002-12-21 15:55 ` Alfred M. Szmidt
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2002-12-21 16:22 ` David Kastrup
2002-12-12 23:14 ` Ajanta
2002-12-12 23:44 ` David Masterson
2002-12-13 9:11 ` Kai Großjohann
2002-12-12 14:11 ` Software/HD ecology (was Re:...Bug in Emacs 21.3.50) Stefan Monnier <foo@acm.com>
2002-12-12 20:50 ` Ajanta
2002-12-12 20:20 ` Stefan Monnier <foo@acm.com>
2002-12-12 23:02 ` Anil Trivedi
2002-12-13 1:29 ` Miles Bader
2002-12-13 10:12 ` Software/HD ecology Kai Großjohann
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2002-12-13 19:11 ` Software/HD ecology (was Re:...Bug in Emacs 21.3.50) David Masterson
2002-12-13 19:32 ` Stefan Monnier <foo@acm.com>
2002-12-17 0:33 ` David Masterson
2002-12-12 20:27 ` Galen Boyer
2002-12-12 21:28 ` Anil Trivedi
2002-12-13 1:30 ` Miles Bader
2002-12-11 20:49 ` Software/HD ecology Kai Großjohann
2002-12-12 4:44 ` Anil Trivedi
2002-12-12 4:58 ` Miles Bader
2002-12-12 6:16 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2002-12-12 14:50 ` Phillip Lord
2002-12-12 19:40 ` Kai Großjohann
2002-12-12 21:39 ` Anil Trivedi
2002-12-13 1:35 ` Miles Bader
2002-12-12 23:23 ` David Masterson
2002-12-11 21:34 ` Software/HD ecology (was Re:...Bug in Emacs 21.3.50) Bijan Soleymani
2002-12-10 5:23 ` Emacs 21.3.50 on Mac OSX 10.2.2 David Combs
2002-12-10 8:29 ` Ajanta
2002-12-07 8:19 ` Thanks to all (Re: Mac OSX TeX / To X11 or Not?) new2osx
2002-12-07 9:35 ` David Kastrup
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