Re: [MiNT] Where should a user put GEM apps

["Helmut Karlowski" <helmut.karlowski@ish.de>]

=?ISO-8859-15?Q?Thomas_J=FCrges?= wrote:

> > Don't want to rely on that, and I rarely use package-managers.
>
> Just because you rarely use package managers does not mean that it is
> generally better not to use package managers and screw everybody over

I didn't say anything general.

> who does.  There are indeed people who are using package managers, even

Really???

> for MiNT, and that should be taken into account.  Don't we want a good

And could you explain please why a pm is forced to install in /usr/bin?

> user experience for everybody?  Then let's not make it harder on the
> user than necessary to install software built to run on MiNT.

Why is it harder?

> > Start what? Imagine a user does not know what a file is for, and starts
> > it to see the usage-message, and suddenly a whole bunch of windows pop =
> up, and the used gets confused.
>
> What user are you thinking of?  rpm -qf Full_Path/File tells you what

Of me!

> you need to know.  I believe it is a sane assumption to expect a user of

How do I know it's from rpm? Also typing the filename is faster, rpm -qf Full_Path/File just sucks!

> a 20+ year old computer OS/system to be a little computer-savvy.  Either
> the user is using MiNT in an emulator or on a real system.  Both require
> some set-up work.

So you say yourself only experienced users should use package-managers.

I will never put any GEM-app in /usr/bin. Period.

-Helmut