From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: David Masterson Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Software/HD ecology Date: 31 Dec 2002 12:08:44 -0800 Organization: Posted via Supernews, http://www.supernews.com Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: <041220020952400758%ajanta@no.spam> <56cfb0e3.0212041458.5eab182a@posting.google.com> <061220020416350201%ajanta@no.spam> <5ld6obj8il.fsf@rum.cs.yale.edu> <111220021253524057%ajanta@no.spam> <5l65u0i8zj.fsf@rum.cs.yale.edu> <111220022053507599%ajanta@no.spam> <121220021324043990%ajanta@no.spam> <171220021132381961%ajanta@no.spam> <87of76luwj.fsf@tc-1-100.kawasaki.gol.ne.jp> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1041365442 10417 80.91.224.249 (31 Dec 2002 20:10:42 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 31 Dec 2002 20:10:42 +0000 (UTC) Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 18TSim-0002ht-00 for ; Tue, 31 Dec 2002 21:10:40 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 18TSiy-0005il-0B for gnu-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 31 Dec 2002 15:10:53 -0500 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!cyclone.bc.net!snoopy.risq.qc.ca!newsfeed.news2me.com!sn-xit-02!sn-xit-03!sn-xit-01!sn-post-02!sn-post-01!supernews.com!corp.supernews.com!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.1 Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@supernews.com Original-Lines: 13 Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:108631 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1b5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: List-Unsubscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:5159 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:5159 >>>>> Miles Bader writes: > One _possible_ reason is to make multi-version support easier, but > as I said, packages already do this within the confines of the > current standard. The only thing that is really needed in the current standard is "uninstall" *after* removal of the source directory. -- David Masterson David DOT Masterson AT synopsys DOT com Sr. R&D Engineer Synopsys, Inc. Software Engineering Sunnyvale, CA