Re: make sysinstall/Makefile.preamble/GNUSTEP_INSTALLATION_DOMAIN

[Richard Frith-Macdonald]

On 19 Dec 2008, at 13:30, Wolfgang Lux wrote:

> I'm sorry, to me this still looks too complicated. Instead of having  
> a centralized
> package "database" somewhere, just check for an optional  
> configuration file (e.g.,
> installation_domain) that is present in the package's directory.

I think the downside of that is that it's easily accidentally deleted  
so the information is lost if you check out a new copy etc (you would  
also need a copy of the file in each subdirectory in the package that  
you might build from).

I still think forgetting ALL this stuff is the best option... I can't  
really believe that the total amount of time/energy involved in people  
occasionally forgetting to install where they meant to install or  
writing their own scripts is likely to ever exceed the amount of time/ 
energy already spent on considering this.