Re: [Fink-devel] /usr/local/fink

2003-01-07 Thread Brian Kendig
This discussion seems pretty pointless to me. We had it over and over in the past. It would be nice if people would at least search the mailing list archives before bringing up this topic again . I did. I found exactly one previous mention of '/usr/local/fink', which you dismissed with 'please

Re: [Fink-devel] /usr/local/fink

2003-01-07 Thread Brian Kendig
Kow K wrote: The "shallowness" of /sw directory is pretty handy. It's an "island" well isolated from other critical areas. ... I'm afraid that most Fink users, current or future, get intimidated if /sw is deeply embeded in /usr/local/fink. Years ago, when I used to use Windows 98, I ran into a

[Fink-devel] /usr/local/fink

2003-01-06 Thread Brian Kendig
whose purpose is clear -- 'Applications', 'Developer', 'Library', 'System', 'Users', etc. -- then this one 'sw' folder with its ambiguous name. It just doesn't make sense to create a new top-level directory for Fink. |\/|