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Re: Making GNUstep hier(7) compliant



On Sun, Apr 12, 2009 at 11:59:19AM +1000, Rene Hexel wrote:
>   Are there any objections to making GNUstep more hier(7) compliant?

No, on the contrary!

>   GNUstep has been supporting a fhs-style directory layout for quite  
> some time now, and I believe it's time to bite the bullet and update the 
> pkgsrc GNUstep build system.  On the plus side, this means getting rid of 
> emulating a huge NeXT style hierarchy under share/GNUstep.  On the 
> negative side, this breaks compatibility with all binary GNUstep  
> packages so far.  I'm happy to start off with the core and development  
> packages and then slowly grind my way through the other GNUstep packages 
> to update them, note incompatibilities, and fix the PLISTS ...
>
>   Comments?  Suggestions?

Sounds good. Will you be finished by the next branch?
 Thomas


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