From: David Kastrup <dak@gnu.org>
Date: Sun, 29 Jul 2007 22:30:08 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Makefile: create an install-symlinks target
Message-ID: <85bqduvo5r.fsf@lola.goethe.zz>
In-Reply-To: <7vk5sin9g0.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net>

Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> writes:

> I thought we already rejected the "install symlink" in the
> earlier round.  Am I mistaken, or are there any compelling new
> reasons to revisit it?

Uh, perhaps I have a patchy recollection, but what I remember is that
Scho argued that one might use something like xstow or a package
manager instead, and I replied that

a) this required the installation of additional software for a simple
   task.

b) if the software worked using symbolic links, it would not know at
   what level to make the links (namely create
   /usr/local/share/man/man1 and link every file from
   /opt/git/share/man/man1, but link the directory
   /usr/local/share/git-core directly to /opt/git/share/git-core).

I don't remember a conclusive reply to that.  Not seeing the patch
appear either, I decided to clean it up, remove the objection of using
the GNU-specific -mindepth option, and properly document the usage.

Since the stuff is strictly an additional convenience not impacting
any of the existing targets, I would not have thought it terribly
controversial.

If I have misinterpreted or misremembered part of the discussion, I
apologize.  No harm was intended.

In any case, some people might want to make use of the polished patch
series even if it is not applied to git.git.

Is there a place other than the git list where one can provide patches
that are not likely to end up in git.git?

Thanks,

-- 
David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum