Re: libdiskfs: build system inconsistencies; the Hurd `collecting box'

[Ludovic Courtès]

Hi,

"Alfred M\. Szmidt" <ams@gnu.org> writes:

> We have already a `ports' like setup for translators which are not
> part of the Hurd, i.e. HurdExtras, where people can maintain their own
> translators in a central repository so that it is easier to find them.

I see HurdExtras as a place for translators that haven't found a better
home.  Some translators really belong to packages other than the Hurd or
HurdExtras.  For instance, I believe that `tarfs' had rather be
distributed as part of GNU tar than as part of the Hurd.  Similarly, if
there ever exists a GNU Arch translator, I think it'd make sense to make
it part of GNU Arch.

Thanks,
Ludovic.