Re: GNUSTEP_INSTALLATION_DOMAIN

[David Ayers]

Richard Frith-Macdonald schrieb:
> 
> On 12 Oct 2006, at 21:43, David Ayers wrote:
> 
>> Nicola Pero schrieb:
>>
>>>>> Anyway I suggest as a reasonable agreement, we'll use b. to set
>>>>> the installation domain as System for the 4 core packages (make,
>>>>> base, gui, back). All other packages should have no default set
>>>>> and so install by default in Local (packagers are encouraged to
>>>>> install them into System instead when they package though). Makes
>>>>> sense ?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> No ... not really.  The System domain is for all system packages,  not
>>>> just a few core libraries.
>>>>
>>>
>>> I agree ... but who decides what are the system packages ?  Not  us. :-)
>>>
>>> It's decided by the packagers. ;-)
>>>
>>
>> Indeed, and I believe this is the core argument.
>>
>> The way I see it is, installing a self compiled -make and -base  into the
>> Local domain (potentially hiding the packager installation in the  System
>> domain) is analogous to installing a self compiled gcc into /usr/local
>> hiding the system gcc (and related libraries like libobjc).
> 
> 
> Yes ... it's why I think there should be a distinction made between 
> building/installing a package as the maintainter of a distribution  and
> building/installing as a normal user.  In both cases the package  should
> automatically be installed in the correct place.  The normal  case
> should be that you do *not* have to specify where it should go.
> 

Well I think the dispute is based on the perception of the role of the
GNUstep project.  Just like source distributed by the gcc project
doesn't install into /usr but into /usr/local, I don't think it is the
GNUstep's -make/-base/-gui/-back packages prerogative to install into
'System'.

Just like Debian and other OS distributions have their builds setup to
install gcc into /usr, I think it would be a GNUstep distributions
prerogative to install -make/-base/-gui/-back into System.  I.e. if we
hosted a distribution like SimplyGNUstep which provided the build
scripts to build a GNUstep System, then I think it would be that
projects prerogative to set the GNUSTEP_INSTALLATION_DOMAIN in it's
build scripts.

I'm only trying to make myself clear and I'm not on a mission to
convince anyone here who simply has a different view.  So I'll gladly
clarify any misunderstandings but will refrain from further lobbying.

Cheers,
David