Re: GNUstep.sh / env sanity patches

[John Davidorff Pell]

On 19 Aug 2004, at 04:15, Nicola Pero wrote:
> > If people feel that the libs from Library/Libraries should live in
> > /usr/lib... use GNOME or KDE ;)
>
> I don't agree with that.  If you want to write a server in ObjC using
> GNUstep, but for constraints outside your control you have to have it 
> in
> the standard unix hierarchy (we don't always control our customers or 
> our
> managers), you want to be able to do it.  Why should I give up all the
> good that it's in GNUstep just because I have a requirement to deploy 
> the
> server in standard unix locations.  Also because as soon as the 
> constrains
> go away I can just change a couple of ./configure switches in 
> gnustep-make
> and have the same software install in the GNUstep filesystem hierarchy
> without any change to my server.

I can't see any real life situation where a programmer will be forced 
to use a particular hierarchal layout, especially since it is entirely 
possible to install GNUstep in /usr/local/GNUstep or 
/usr/local/daemonSupportDirectory or whatever management wants.

If management is so bass ackwards that they require something like what 
you suggest, then they likely will not allow the use of GNUstep because 
it is not "standard" enough, not to mention that I don't get why 
someone would write /just/ a daemon using GNUstep and distribute the 
whole environment (or even mart of it) to support the daemon.

JP



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