On 2 Jan 2018, at 07:29, Yavor Doganov <ya...@gnu.org> wrote: > > В Tue, 02 Jan 2018 07:20:39 +0000, David Chisnall написа: > >> Is there a good reason why we release -back as a separate package? > > One good reason to have -back as a separate package containing > dynamically loadable bundles is that you can switch the backends all > the time without hassle and that's sometimes useful, particularly for > testing/debugging purposes. It also allows the user to override the > system administrator's decision and change to a different backend > (provided it's installed, of course).
Having it as a separate loadable library / bundle has definite value, but that’s not what I was asking. The -base package, for example, had an optional loadable bundle for using OpenSSL, but we never released that as a separate package. Releasing a single tarball of -gui that included -back would make version mismatches harder and would not lose the ability to install multiple back ends. David _______________________________________________ Gnustep-dev mailing list Gnustep-dev@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnustep-dev
