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

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

Alan Hourihane, 12.02.2013 20:19:42:

> On 02/12/13 18:54, Helmut Karlowski wrote:
> > Alan Hourihane, 12.02.2013 18:43:45:
> >
> > > There are some binary only modules out there which would be subject to  
> > > this shared mode I guess.
> >
> > Not only binaries, also a "shared" solution would be necessary for  
> > data-files like rsc, img, some common config-stuff and maybe more
>
> Shared solution for non-binary files makes sense to the point of version  
> match. i.e. c:\mint\1-19-0\... and below. It doesn't make sense to go  
> higher than that and try and load shared non-binary files from c:\mint\  
> as RSC files etc can change between versions.

For XaAES this would not be a problem: it manages rsc-versions separately  
- different versions can reside at the same place. Also the  
background-images could go into c:/mint/..., it would waste a lot of space  
and be quite uncomfortable to maintain them for each version/machine.

Maybe this project needs some refinement of how "shared" something should  
be -

global: mint/,
version: mint/<ver>,
machine: mint/<ver>/<mch>
?

But this might also become quite confusing.

--
Helmut Karlowski