Andreas Bernauer <andreas.bernauer@gmx.de> writes:
[...]
> At first glance, the first solution seemed preferable to me, as it
> is easy for the user to understand and easy to implement, as you
> already said. And as long as sunterlib is the only package that is
> rather a "collection-package" of subpackages than a real package by
> its own, I don't see a reason why to put too much effort into the
> install library.
[...]
and Anthony Carrico <acarrico@memebeam.org> writes:
[...]
> This is option I am thinking about too.
Good, at least we are three to favour the first solution, so I'll
implement it soon (tomorrow I hope).
>> (This assumes that every directory contains a copy, or a link, to
>> the files which make up the installation library, but this is a
>> minor detail).
>
> I don't think it is a good idea to copy or link the installation
> library in every subdirectory. I'll load or install the installation
> library before the others.
Absolutely, I will implement it differently than I presented, but I
will try to make sure that installing a sub-package from a master one
is equivalent to installing it separately.
[...]
> Do you think it would be necessary to filter out the particular
> options required by each sub-package?
I'm afraid I don't really understand what you mean by this.
Michel.
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