[Patch21.5] Find a relative package root at runtime

[Adrian Aichner]

Michael Sperber <sperber at informatik.uni-tuebingen.de> writes:

> "Vin Shelton" <acs at xemacs.org> writes:
>
>> These requirements are why I want to install into (by default):
>> C:\Program Files\XEmacs
>>   XEmacs-21.4.19
>>   XEmacs-21.5-b25
>>   mule-packages
>>   site-packages
>>   xemacs-packages
>
> I agree.  Specifically, the packages shouldn't have any specific
> version of XEmacs encoded in the path.

That would be my preference too, taking Glynn's input into account we
should probably go with

%ProgramFiles%\XEmacs
                XEmacs-21.4.19
                XEmacs-21.5-b25
                mule-packages
                site-packages
                xemacs-packages

I'm not in favor of more adventurous layouts based on the fact that we
lack experience with them.

I think we should cater to inexperienced users in the Windows world,
to give them one configuration that will just work.

More experienced users can allows help themselves.

Best regards,

Adrian

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