Hi,
I think that patch should be reverted for the time being. Changing the default
choices
has a massive impact because most users never deviate from the default! ;-)
Exactly why I did it ... after yet *ANOTHER* complaint from a user on the
mailing list about being unable to use GNUstep because of the issue of the
default installation not working. I know that all the user has to do is read
the INSTALL document or any of the installation HOWTOs etc and source
GNUstep.sh, but the fact is that most people just don't bother. IMO we need a
system that just works.
I think you both nail the point: people use the default, people want
something that work.
I'm absolutely against having FHS as a default. It is against the
OpenStep/Cocoa philosophy! The best layout is the GNUstep layout with
prefix=/ in my opinion, although using /usr/GNUstep is sensible because
it is not such a great "clash" in a mixed environment.
It is good that we support FHS because it is useful when integrating
with the "rest" if a uer just wants to use one or two gnustep
applications or just wants to use command-line tools. However a whoel
desktop, and that is what I strive to, laid out as FHS is ugly.
I strongly disagree about leaving it until a release ... how can
people try it out, decide what they think, offer changes etc if they
never see it until it's officially released? The point about svn trunk
is for people to try out new things.
I think you are very correct. Although I do not share the change at all,
in case it is a must (and this is true for other changes too) it is best
to have it in and tested by ourselves. Well, in my case it means that I
need another option to configure, like the option of SYSTEM and LOCAL
domains.
I don't really mind the change being reverted if you like (the main point being
to get people to actually do something about the problem), but I think it might
make more sense to revert to the old behavior *after* everyone has had a chance
to consider the idea and let me know that I'm an idiot, rather than assuming
I'm an idiot in advance.
The fact that you aren't an idiot was already stressed by others.
Perhaps this change was just a bit sudden.
Riccardo
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