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Re: [Gnustep-cvs] r31321 - in /tools/make/trunk: ChangeLog GNUstep.conf.


From: Richard Frith-Macdonald
Subject: Re: [Gnustep-cvs] r31321 - in /tools/make/trunk: ChangeLog GNUstep.conf.in configure configure.ac
Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2010 22:29:24 +0100

On 10 Sep 2010, at 21:02, Nicola Pero wrote:

> I think that patch should be reverted for the time being.  Changing the 
> default choices 
> has a massive impact because most users never deviate from the default! ;-)

Exactly why I did it ... after yet *ANOTHER* complaint from a user on the 
mailing list about being unable to use GNUstep because of the issue of the 
default installation not working.  I know that all the user has to do is read 
the INSTALL document or any of the installation HOWTOs etc and source 
GNUstep.sh, but the fact is that most people just don't bother.  IMO we need a 
system that just works.

> We can have a discussion about the patch, and I actually may be in favour 
> of making the change to use the native filesystem as default, but it does 
> require some discussion - and probably should be coordinated so that it
> happens in a release. ;-)

I strongly disagree about leaving it until a release ... how can people try it 
out, decide what they think, offer changes etc if they never see it until it's 
officially released?  The point about svn trunk is for people to try out new 
things.

I don't really mind the change being reverted if you like (the main point being 
to get people to actually do something about the problem), but I think it might 
make more sense to revert to the old behavior *after* everyone has had a chance 
to consider the idea and let me know that I'm an idiot, rather than assuming 
I'm an idiot in advance.




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