Re: Rationalize specifying "where the packages are" somewhat
Michael Sperber wrote:
This does away with the "--package-prefix" kludge and
instead adds
configure options (with associated environment variables):
--with-early-packages (ultimately defaults to ~/.xemacs)
--with-late-packages (ultimately defaults to ../lib/xemacs)
--with-last-packages
that allow you to say where the packages are. What's good is that
people can specify one of these without screwing up the other ones.
It also fits much more naturally with the internal model. I've also
cleaned up some of the stuff hanging off it.
I'll wait until Sunday with this. Once it's settled down (I'm sure
I'll have screwed up something), I'll make another pass over the
documentation. (Long overdue, I know.)
Mike, i'm concerned about this patch because it looks like a step in the
wrong direction. the whole point of --package-prefix was to make it
easy to specify "the packages are HERE" without worrying about the
complexities of the package system. you've removed this and replaced it
with something that is rather more opaque; it will not be obvious to the
average user which of the above options is correct. (presumably
--with-late-packages?)
ben