Re: GNUstep.sh / env sanity patches

[John Davidorff Pell]

> > This is going to lead to duplication in a single system.
> > Installation1/System will have the same as
> > Installation2/System. what about the contents of the Local
> > domain? Its similar to having two linux systems on one machine.
> >
> > I view GNUstep more as a system. It is THE system. Others i
> > think view it more as a location independent and mobile
> > environment. There is a lot of functionality in GNUstep that is
> > redundant in the second case.
>
> Well we have to account for different points of view and "use cases".
>
> If you think that having multiple GNUstep installations is not a good
> idea, just ignore it and don't do it :-)

I disagree. You are trying very hard to force GNUstep to be something 
it is not and should not be. As I mentioned before, GNUstep is an 
environment on top of a foundation that does not exist. OpenStep was a 
system, not an environment. GNUstep is only part of that environment 
and trying to fit it into the environment of another system is a great 
way to make it suck. Don't be afraid to have some requirements that 
must by met by the system before this environment will work correctly. 
Someone looking for the GNUstep environment should be willing to 
provide it a functional system, not try to force it into a system that 
is diametrically opposed to the OpenStep philosophy.

JP


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