From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Miles Bader Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Software/HD ecology Date: 21 Dec 2002 09:17:56 +0900 Organization: Global Online Japan Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <87ptrww7gr.fsf@tc-1-100.kawasaki.gol.ne.jp> References: <041220020952400758%ajanta@no.spam> <071220021155280606%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> <3DFFA457.1020103@rcn.com> <844r9b3exh.fsf@lucy.cs.uni-dortmund.de> <87y96m3xhg.fsf@tc-1-100.kawasaki.gol.ne.jp> <1mr8ceoypu.fsf@Tempo.Update.UU.SE> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1040430126 10307 80.91.224.249 (21 Dec 2002 00:22:06 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 21 Dec 2002 00:22:06 +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 18PXOT-0002e3-00 for ; Sat, 21 Dec 2002 01:21:29 +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 18PXNd-0007kt-03 for gnu-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 20 Dec 2002 19:20:37 -0500 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!opentransit.net!newsfeed.mesh.ad.jp!jpix!newsfeed.gol.com!203.216.70.8.MISMATCH!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 16 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: tc-2-212.kawasaki.gol.ne.jp Original-X-Trace: nnrp.gol.com 1040429877 16582 203.216.25.212 (21 Dec 2002 00:17:57 GMT) Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@gol.com Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 21 Dec 2002 00:17:57 +0000 (UTC) System-Type: i686-pc-linux-gnu Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:108385 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:4914 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:4914 Peter S Galbraith writes: > But anyone embarking on coding a new `gnu-install' program > should see these packagers as prior art and study them first. The proposed functionality is much, much, less ambitious than a typical package manager. Really it doesn't do anything more than the current `make uninstall', it just puts the information in a more handy form, and allows the user to get rid of the original source/build tree. People who want real package management can use a real package manager of their choice. -Miles -- We are all lying in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars. -Oscar Wilde