Re: Please do not hardcode GNUSTEP_INSTALLATION_DOMAIN in GNUmakefiles!

[David Ayers]

Am Mittwoch, den 29.10.2008, 13:50 +0000 schrieb Richard
Frith-Macdonald:
> On 29 Oct 2008, at 13:16, Nicola Pero wrote:
> 
> >>>> To be honest, to make everything work as easily as possible for  
> >>>> Joe User,
> > we'd need to use FHS as the default layout.  Then everything is
> > just in their PATH from the very beginning and that's it.  But our  
> > policy is
> > to keep the GNUstep filesystem layout as the default layout;
> 
> I don't think we have a decided policy on this, just an established  
> practice.  Maybe I missed the debate/conlusion?
> 
> I certainly don't have clear/strong opinion, but I think on balance,  
> my vote would be to have a policy of using the FHS.
> However, I feel quite strongly that any change should not break things  
> for existing users, so someone updating an existing system would get  
> what they are used to, but a new installation from scratch would  
> default to using FHS.

+1