From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: prj@po.cwru.edu (Paul Jarc) Newsgroups: gmane.lisp.guile.user Subject: Re: apt based package dist for guile? Date: Tue, 05 Aug 2003 19:02:34 -0400 Organization: What did you have in mind? A short, blunt, human pyramid? Sender: guile-user-bounces+guile-user=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: <87he51mx3y.fsf@tapsellferrier.co.uk> <87y8y9yfp2.fsf@tapsellferrier.co.uk> <20030805134523.GB1785@linger.twisted-muse.org> <20030805201840.GA10216@www> <87ispbsudg.fsf@tapsellferrier.co.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1060124931 25010 80.91.224.253 (5 Aug 2003 23:08:51 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 5 Aug 2003 23:08:51 +0000 (UTC) Cc: guile-user@gnu.org, rm@fabula.de, Nic Original-X-From: guile-user-bounces+guile-user=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Aug 06 01:09:11 2003 Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 19kAvW-0002NQ-00 for ; Wed, 06 Aug 2003 01:09:11 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.20) id 19kAqt-0002v4-OJ for guile-user@m.gmane.org; Tue, 05 Aug 2003 19:04:23 -0400 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.20) id 19kAph-0002ri-E9 for guile-user@gnu.org; Tue, 05 Aug 2003 19:03:09 -0400 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.20) id 19kApA-0002dW-83 for guile-user@gnu.org; Tue, 05 Aug 2003 19:03:08 -0400 Original-Received: from [129.22.104.62] (helo=lewis.CNS.CWRU.Edu) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.20) id 19kAp9-0002dS-Rr for guile-user@gnu.org; Tue, 05 Aug 2003 19:02:35 -0400 Original-Received: from multivac.cwru.edu (multivac.STUDENT.CWRU.Edu [129.22.114.26]) by smtp-b.cwru.edu (iPlanet Messaging Server 5.2 Patch 1 (built Aug 19 2002)) with SMTP id <0HJ600MCE5CBDQ@smtp-b.cwru.edu> for guile-user@gnu.org; Tue, 05 Aug 2003 19:02:35 -0400 (EDT) Original-Received: (qmail 22521 invoked by uid 500); Tue, 05 Aug 2003 23:02:57 +0000 In-reply-to: Original-To: Thamer Al-Harbash Mail-followup-to: Thamer Al-Harbash , guile-user@gnu.org, rm@fabula.de, Nic Mail-Copies-To: nobody User-Agent: Gnus/5.1003 (Gnus v5.10.3) Emacs/21.3 (gnu/linux) Original-Lines: 31 X-BeenThere: guile-user@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.2 Precedence: list List-Id: General Guile related discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guile-user-bounces+guile-user=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.lisp.guile.user:2161 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.lisp.guile.user:2161 Thamer Al-Harbash wrote: > On Tue, 5 Aug 2003, Paul Jarc wrote: >> Ideally, this would be integrated with slashpackage: >> > > The problem with slashpackage, although it's a great idea, is > that it ships to be used in a specific directory. That property is a problem only aesthetically. On technical grounds, it's a major win. When there is more than one possible location for a file, there is a risk of finding the wrong file, etc. > Symlinking tricks aside, there are enough people who don't want a > /package directory and that makes the adoption of slashpackage very > slow. Yes, it will be slow. But hopefully, in time its advantages will be better understood, and people will develop different aesthetic tastes. > DJB created an alternate universe as opposed to a flexible set > of tools. It's "alternate" in the sense of being different, but you aren't forced to reorganize your whole system if you just want to install one slashpackage-oriented package. And FWIW, the tools I've created to work with /package will also work with any path whose contents play by the same rules: paul _______________________________________________ Guile-user mailing list Guile-user@gnu.org http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/guile-user