Re: Modified load-path proposal

[Neil Jerram]

Kevin Ryde <address@hidden> writes:

> Neil Jerram <address@hidden> writes:
>>
>> In practice I would guess not.  Most distribution-managed packages
>> would go into /usr/share/guile, and most home-built packages into
>> /usr/local/share/guile, I'd guess.  What is your concern, though?
>
> Mainly that I think you can get what you want from adding /usr/local
> to the default path, and then leave it up to distros to patch if they
> want further locations.

I initially thought this also - see
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guile-devel/2004-11/msg00036.html.
But the consensus since then seems to be that we need something that
will work more automatically, for both distribution-managed and
non-distribution-managed packages being installed somewhere that isn't
already in the load-path.

What did you have in mind by "leave it up to distros to patch"?

    Neil