Re: make sysinstall/Makefile.preamble/GNUSTEP_INSTALLATION_DOMAIN

[Nicola Pero]

> In fact, if we wanted to provide a specific mechanism to install in  
> a non-standard domain to encourage people to do it, that mechanism  
> ought to be one to install packages in the USER domain, since that  
> is actually the logical place for users to (by default) install  
> stuff they build themselves.  The only reason (afaik) we install  
> into the local domain by default is because that is the historical  
> expectation in the free software community (everything installs  
> into /usr/local generally) as most systems don't have a USER domain.

Yes, I agree that the USER domain is a good place to put things that  
you are developing yourself ... it also means that you don't need to  
become root to install them! :-)

I used to do that all the times a few years ago ... you install the  
'core' stuff in its default location (LOCAL) (it doesn't matter where  
it's installed) and then you install
your own application/framework/library/whatever you're working on into  
USER.  It works really well.  Also, if you never become root, you  
can't install your stuff
by mistake into LOCAL or such.

I encourage people to try this out as it works really well for me. :-)

The disadvantage is that you have to source GNUstep.sh, else the USER  
domain doesn't work.

Thanks