> a. the default installation location is the local domain > b. a makefile may override that to supply a package specific default > c. the command line overrides that.
That's exactly my proposal. :-) Except that, of course, I'd like to discourage b. as a practice. ;-) The main reason being that all software should install consistently in the same way. If every software author chooses a different default domain, there is no consistency. :-/ Also it would be pretty bad to have software install by default in /usr on a Unix type filesystem ... I would want the stuff to install following default conventions like any other Unix system (ie, stuff by default installs into /usr/local or /opt or whatever). 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 ? Thanks PS: would gnustep-base work if you install it in Local ? _______________________________________________ Gnustep-dev mailing list Gnustep-dev@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnustep-dev