Re: [Gnustep-cvs] r31321 - in /tools/make/trunk: ChangeLog GNUstep.conf.in configure configure.ac

[Riccardo Mottola]

Hi,
> In general, it is more or less irrelevant whether we like the FHS or
> not.  As long as GNUstep works with this layout, and Nicola was kind
> enough to implement the revolutionary changes in gnustep-make 2.x
> (which made our lives significantly easier), what the default layout
> is doesn't matter (at least for distro maintainers, that is).
>
>    
I think this is a strong statement: it means it is good for us to 
support FHS, but it doesn't require is to make it default.

I personally see GNUstep as something very important and when I use it 
as a desktop, I consider it more important than the OS underneath and 
for that reason I want the GNUstep/next Layout and not the 
Debian/BSD/Solaris/whatever. For me the machine becomse a GNUstep system 
"debian based" like NeXT or Apple are somehow "BSD based".

This is of course a personal opinion and is also tied to the fact that I 
try to use everything GNUstep.

It is clear (to me at least, and I never depated that) that a user 
wanting to install a single GNUstep application in a KDE or GNOme 
environment may want to have the FHS. Since Debian can't predict its 
usage FHS is a good generic package.

Riccardo