Re: GNUstep make problem packaging a framework

[Helge Hess]

On Mittwoch, Januar 23, 2002, at 06:40  Uhr, Mirko Viviani wrote:
> On Tue, 22 Jan 2002, Helge Hess  wrote:
>
> > I still can't see the point in frameworks anyway (use either bundle or
> > library ...) ;-)
>
> Well...
>
> 1. It's not a nightmare to port OpenStep/OSX frameworks to GNUstep. 
> (Only write
>    a makefile)

Well, that's a point for supporting frameworks in GNUstep, but not for 
frameworks as a concept themselves ;-)

> 2. Different versions of the same framework can coexist nicely. (not 
> true
> for libraries
>    or bundles)

This is very true for libraries and because it works very well, it's 
widely used on any Unix system. This actually isn't true for MacOSX 
frameworks in practice - I've seen few frameworks actually using the 
versioning capabilities.

BTW:  Just an idea: maybe we should support the library versioning for 
bundle executables too ? (eg mybundle.so.4.1.0)

> 3. We have spent time on it ! :-)

Valid point, let's spent further time on it ;-)

Greetings
  Helge