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: 27 Dec 2002 13:35:40 +0900 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> <071220021155280606%ajanta@no.spam> <5ld6obj8il.fsf@rum.cs.yale.edu> <091220021652087216%ajanta@no.spam> <111220021101520860%ajanta@no.spam> <111220021253524057%ajanta@no.spam> <5l65u0i8zj.fsf@rum.cs.yale.edu> <111220022053507599%ajanta@no.spam> <87u1hjdwta.fsf@hurd.crasseux.com> <121220021324043990%ajanta@no.spam> <171220021132381961%ajanta@no.spam> Reply-To: Miles Bader NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1040963905 26445 80.91.224.249 (27 Dec 2002 04:38:25 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 27 Dec 2002 04:38:25 +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 18RmGN-0006sL-00 for ; Fri, 27 Dec 2002 05:38:23 +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 18RmG0-00018S-00 for gnu-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 26 Dec 2002 23:38:00 -0500 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.10.13) id 18RmEh-0008Jb-00 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 26 Dec 2002 23:36:39 -0500 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.10.13) id 18RmEL-0007lj-00 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 26 Dec 2002 23:36:20 -0500 Original-Received: from tyo201.gate.nec.co.jp ([210.143.35.51]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 18RmDu-0006eI-00; Thu, 26 Dec 2002 23:35:51 -0500 Original-Received: from mailgate3.nec.co.jp ([10.7.69.192])gBR4Zhw08319; Fri, 27 Dec 2002 13:35:43 +0900 (JST) Original-Received: from mailsv4.nec.co.jp (mailgate52.nec.co.jp [10.7.69.191]) by mailgate3.nec.co.jp (8.11.6/3.7W-MAILGATE-NEC) with ESMTP id gBR4Zgi19159; Fri, 27 Dec 2002 13:35:42 +0900 (JST) Original-Received: from mcsss2.ucom.lsi.nec.co.jp ([10.30.114.133]) by mailsv4.nec.co.jp (8.11.6/3.7W-MAILSV4-NEC) with ESMTP id gBR4ZfH21302; Fri, 27 Dec 2002 13:35:41 +0900 (JST) Original-Received: from mcspd15.ucom.lsi.nec.co.jp (mcspd15 [10.30.114.174]) id gBR4ZfB20265; Fri, 27 Dec 2002 13:35:41 +0900 (JST) Original-Received: by mcspd15.ucom.lsi.nec.co.jp (Postfix, from userid 31295) id 4396D3703; Fri, 27 Dec 2002 13:35:41 +0900 (JST) Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org System-Type: i686-pc-linux-gnu Blat: Foop In-Reply-To: Original-Lines: 16 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:5031 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:5031 Luis Fernandes writes: > What I am proposing is for all packages to be compartmentalized, by > default ("configure; make; make install"), in their own directories > with version numbers so multiple version of the same package can > co-exist without conflicts and collisions. I suspect that most of the time people don't really care about such functionality, at least for the great majority of simple packages -- and many packages where multiple version support _is_ important (e.g., emacs, gcc) already support it it. People who have unusual requirements can just use stow or something. -Miles -- Would you like fries with that?