Read and respond to this message at: https://sourceforge.net/forum/message.php?msg_id=4887129 By: tml1024
> Then how about setting some convention or guideline on such matter? Well, who has the authority to set up such conventions or guidelines? I might be a pessimist, but trying to come up with some agreement among a group of people will just lead to endless flame wars when people who were left out (or ignored the effort) later still do things in other ways... As can be seen even just by comparing my approach (no Registry or other centralized anything) to your ideas, opinions differ widely. > GNU programs ported to Win32 environment Don't restrict yourself to considering only GNU programs. Not all interesting Open Source software is "GNU" in some sense, or even use a GNU license. > We just need few entry in registry or config INI file like "GNUWin32.ini" in fixed windows > folder ( like %SYSTEMROOT% or %USERPROFILE% ) so that we have single place to look at such database. As I said in my previous post, I personally don't like using some central registry needlessly. Software can find where it is installed quite fine at run-time (withut any "searching" as you seem to imply) by just asking Windows for the location of the .exe file (or a .dll), and then constructing pathnames needed from that. > individual GNU Win32 contributors ... GNUWin32 specific extension I think you are overestimating the position and authority of the gnuwin32 sourceforge project here. No offense to the gnuwin32 project people (or one guy, Kees?), your work is certainly extremely useful. But gnuwin32 is just one source for ports of common open source software to Windows. (Not all of the software offered by gnuwin32 have anything to do with GNU, btw.) --tml ______________________________________________________________________ You are receiving this email because you elected to monitor this forum. To stop monitoring this forum, login to SourceForge.net and visit: https://sourceforge.net/forum/unmonitor.php?forum_id=74807 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by the 2008 JavaOne(SM) Conference Register now and save $200. Hurry, offer ends at 11:59 p.m., Monday, April 7! Use priority code J8TLD2. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;198757673;13503038;p?http://java.sun.com/javaone _______________________________________________ GnuWin32-Users mailing list GnuWin32-Users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gnuwin32-users
