Re: [MiNT] [PATCH] Machine dependent module path extension

[Alan Hourihane <alanh@fairlite.co.uk>]

On 02/12/13 18:48, Miro Kropáček wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 12, 2013 at 6:43 PM, Alan Hourihane <alanh@fairlite.co.uk 
> <mailto:alanh@fairlite.co.uk>> wrote:
>
>     So the question here is should they be put in a "shared" directory
>     or just copied into the <sysdir>/{030,040,060} directories ???
>
> Exactly. I see your point with the "mch only" sysdir but what I really 
> don't like is the idea of copying the same module all around, exactly 
> because it's binary-only. So the shared directory seems to be as 
> lesser evil.
>
> Maybe a good compromise is Jo's approach, i.e. to have the shared dir 
> but mark "mch dir" as sysdir.

I think it opens the door for failures. A shared module shouldn't really 
be shared. Sure you have multiple copies (probably because you are a 
developer), but real users are unlikely to have multiple copies.

If people like the idea of shared directories then I'm open to it, but I 
think it needs to be configurable and default to "off".

Alan.