Re: GNUstep filesystem spec

[Martin Brecher]

>
>Thanks Jeff - I quite like your suggestion for the network directory - if
>the network domain is to be mounted from a remote server, I suppose it
>should not already exist as a directory on the local harddisk (else there
>is a conflict), so we should not be creating it as a directory.

Well, you still need the directory as mount point anyway. Also I think the 
GNUSTEP_*_ROOT folders should always be present: this 
also 
prevents problems like people creating a 'GNUstep/local' folder and wondering 
why it doesn't work.

>
>I'm also mildly in favour of removing creation of empty directories in
>Local.
>
>I see an advantage in creating them - that people can install
>gnustep-make, then go into their /usr/GNUstep/ and learn how the
>directories are organized, and where everything is going to be installed
>... even if you have installed no Bundles and no Frameworks, by looking at
>the directory layout you can see where they would be installed if you had.
>

It's a good idea to disable the creation of empty and unused folders within the 
domains. But it could be useful to provide a script or 
make 
rule to create the basic directory tree, e.g. to help sysadmins to setup local 
templates or whatever.

Greetings,
Martin Brecher


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