The proposed use in pacman is probably not a compelling reason by itself - see Raul's suggestion in current thread "Critique please!"
On Sun, Feb 20, 2011 at 11:02 PM, chris burke <[email protected]> wrote: > What is the use case in pacman/jpkg? > > On Sun, Feb 20, 2011 at 5:40 PM, Ric Sherlock <[email protected]> wrote: >> I was wanting to use it in pacman/jpkg. If it isn't in the base >> library then that won't be sensible. Let's wait to see what other >> perspectives there are. >> >> On Sun, Feb 20, 2011 at 10:24 PM, bill lam <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Oh sorry typo again. It is not directly used in j locale. >>> >>> Вск, 20 Фев 2011, bill lam писал(а): >>>> I have never used this script, I grep not too many addons package depended >>>> on that package, and it is directly used in j locale. >>>> >>>> will it be ok for you if placed inside general/misc ? >>>> >>>> Вск, 20 Фев 2011, Ric Tikkanz писал(а): >>>> > In J602 (and before) the printf.ijs script was available as part of >>>> > the system library >>>> > fexist jpath '~system/main/printf.ijs' >>>> > 1 >>>> > >>>> > So far it is not available in J701 (as part of the base system library >>>> > or as an addon). >>>> > >>>> > My preference would for it to be included as part of the base system >>>> > library as ~system/util/printf.ijs (like pacman.ijs) that way other >>>> > utils can depend on the fact that it is available to the user. >>>> > >>>> > Do others agree? Any other points of view? >>>> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>> > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm >>>> >>>> -- >>>> regards, >>>> ==================================================== >>>> GPG key 1024D/4434BAB3 2008-08-24 >>>> gpg --keyserver subkeys.pgp.net --recv-keys 4434BAB3 >>> >>> -- >>> regards, >>> ==================================================== >>> GPG key 1024D/4434BAB3 2008-08-24 >>> gpg --keyserver subkeys.pgp.net --recv-keys 4434BAB3 >>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
