Are you just bitching, or do you have a better design? Let's hear it.
On Mon, Sep 16, 2002 at 10:59:10PM -0700, Justin Erenkrantz wrote: >... > I agree with you that Havoc's page is specifically for GNU projects > and prohibits other (potentially better) forms of versioning. The > GNU model is to always install things into /usr (or /usr/local). I > believe that's bad form for reasons I've gone into before. This > model falls flat on its face when each version has its own directory > (as it needlessly complicates matters). > > Sadly, all of the GNU projects buy into this. Good luck trying to > install anything that has automake or pkgconfig extensions in > separate directories. All of those projects assume that every piece > of software is in a single cluttered hierarchy. > > How frustrating. -- justin -- Greg Stein, http://www.lyra.org/
