On Wed, 02 Nov 2005 10:46:03 -0500 dan sinclair <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> babbled:
> > Please also note that modules_extra has been removed from the default E > > module search path and modules need to be installed to , > > > > $PREFIX/lib/enlightenment/modules or, > > ~/.e/e/modules > > > > Whats the point of removing this from the search path? It causes no > issues and allows people to keep their official and unofficial modules > in separate directories. And yes, .e/e/modules is there, but what if I > have two users? They both have to have a copy, which sucks. frankly - it was ADDED as a hack. the original intent was to have a system moduels dir by default and that's it. e shouldnt go looking in dirs not provided by IT by default. a user CAN add a new module dir to the search path - but e shouldnt be poking around in these dirs if they may or may not exist. as for modules in modules_extra - it's just an unclean hack imho. i always have said that and have relented due mostly to laziness. > I'd say, this directory should stay as it really dosen't cause any > issues. it WILL cause issues soon enough - when we add a module manager code that has to hunt the fs for modules able to be loaded. adding more and more extra module dirs (1 isnt too bad - but where do u stop?) just means more magic divination by such a codebase. if 3rd party moduels get installed int he same tree(s) (there are only 2 ~/.e/e/modules and PREFIX/lib/enlightenment/modules) then its much easier to deal with from a user POV (no need to add another dir) and a code POV. > dan > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > SF.Net email is sponsored by: > Tame your development challenges with Apache's Geronimo App Server. Download > it for free - -and be entered to win a 42" plasma tv or your very own > Sony(tm)PSP. Click here to play: http://sourceforge.net/geronimo.php > _______________________________________________ > enlightenment-devel mailing list > enlightenment-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-devel > -- ------------- Codito, ergo sum - "I code, therefore I am" -------------- The Rasterman (Carsten Haitzler) [EMAIL PROTECTED] 裸好多 Tokyo, Japan (東京 日本) ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by: Tame your development challenges with Apache's Geronimo App Server. Download it for free - -and be entered to win a 42" plasma tv or your very own Sony(tm)PSP. Click here to play: http://sourceforge.net/geronimo.php _______________________________________________ enlightenment-devel mailing list enlightenment-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-devel
