Re: Totally Gormless

[Adam Fedor]

On 2005-10-12 07:44:52 -0600 Nicola Pero 
<nicola.pero@operatelecom.com> wrote:

> I'd say that --
>
> Variable names those should be GNUSTEP_SYS_APPS, not just SYS_APPS 
> ... so
> that we properly use a GNUSTEP_* namespace for all our GNUstep 
> variables! 
> (key requirement if we want to be able to just include GNUstep.conf in
> shell scripts and makefiles)

If we're thinking of just sourcing the file in make, that's probably a 
good idea. However, that was never the original intention. The 
SYS/PLATFORM/PLATFORM_LOCAL paths are strictly for non-GNUstep tools, 
so that a gnustep-base user could discover the location of a system 
tool using GNUstep methods. They are not for use by gnustep-make at 
all.

> Btw, how did we choose the names 'SYS' / 'PLATFORM' / 'PLATFORM_LOCAL'
> btw?  It looks like the 'SYS' is missing the resource directory, 
> which is
> essential to us (isn't it ?  bundles / apps / frameworks will go in

No. These paths are strictly for non-GNUstep tools, we'll never 
install anything in these places.

> Also, I'd rename USER_GNUSTEP_DIR into GNUSTEP_USER_DIR for 
> consistency
> ... everything should start with GNUSTEP_*

Sure.

> Btw, why USER_GNUSTEP_DEFAULTS and GNUSTEP_DEFAULTS_ROOT work in 
> totally
> different way ?  Can we unify and have a single logic behind those
> variables ?
>
> It looks like gnustep-make has no integration with this at all :-(


Well yes, but the original intention of the GNUstep.conf file was to 
be able to fully specify the locations of important files so you 
wouldn't have to rely on gnustep-make. i.e. gnustep-base could be 
distributed and used without gnustep-make.