Re: GNUstep directory layout

[Stefan Urbanek]

On 2002-09-12 00:06:10 +0200 Adam Fedor <fedor@doc.com> wrote:

> Stefan Urbanek wrote:
> > I think, we are just too used to unix. GNUstep/Cocoa is more than 'another 
> > object library', it  has its phylosophy and its feel. Why to restrain it?
>
> Actually, if there is no Developer domain, then there really is less restraint. 
> There is nothing that prevents anyone from adding a Developer domain (user, 
> sysadmin, and/or package maintainer) and installing stuff there. Making the 
> Developer domain mandatory actually reduces the flexibility that people have to 
> put things where they want.

That restraint was not meant for the existence developer domain, but for that 
previous discussion about that 'PATH' issue. I am sorry, It was written out of 
context.

Anyway back to the developer's domain. I agree that it reduces the flexibility, 
but there should be some kind of order. If people only do what they want, it is 
anrchy :) Having a separate Developer (sub)domain where developers share their 
resources might be also good for systems with many users where are developers a 
minority and where the sysadmin is also a non-developer. Sysadmin can maintain 
'his' /Local/Library and developers can maintaint 'theirs' shared 
/Local/Developer (add/remove directories...) Developers do not have to ask the 
sysadmin to install/remove files they need and sysadmin does not have to worry 
about developers messing-up the System/Local domain.
Stefan