moving "macports1.0" to ${prefix}

[Blair Zajac]

Landon Fuller wrote:
> 
> On Aug 16, 2007, at 11:10, Blair Zajac wrote:
> 
>> Landon Fuller wrote:
>>> On Aug 16, 2007, at 10:55, Blair Zajac wrote:
>>>> Landon Fuller wrote:
>>>>> On Aug 16, 2007, at 02:15, Anders F Björklund wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> For MacPorts 1.6, it might be a good idea to consider moving 
>>>>>> "macports1.0" from the current @TCL_PACKAGE_DIR@ directory to the 
>>>>>> @prefix_expanded@/share/macports/Tcl directory, in order to make 
>>>>>> the MacPorts installation self-contained within the designated 
>>>>>> prefix ?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> If the "macports1.0" module needs to be in the system's Tcl 
>>>>>> package directory in order for other (inferior) software to find 
>>>>>> it, then can't this be accomplished by setting up a symbolic link 
>>>>>> ? e.g. /Library/Tcl/macports1.0 -> 
>>>>>> /opt/local/share/macports/Tcl/macports1.0
>>>>> I'll register a "please, no!". The whole point of putting macports 
>>>>> in /Library/Tcl/macports1.0 was to support "inferior" software that 
>>>>> needs to be able to find the system's macports installation, 
>>>>> regardless of ${prefix}.
>>>>
>>>> What software is this?
>>> Any third party tool that rightfully expects "package require 
>>> macports" to work.
>>
>> I'm just trying to get a sense of what we're talking about here, as 
>> we're discussing trade offs between competing concerns.
> 
> OK, then I'll simplify.
> 
> Arguments For Moving:
>     Developers can install multiple versions without passing 
> --with-tclpackage to configure (but they still have to pass a custom 
> --prefix to configure)
> 
> Arguments Against Moving:
>     Placing the Tcl package in the standard Tcl package directory means 
> that external tools can find the system MacPorts library out of the box.
> 
> It seems to me like developers already have an easily solution to their 
> problem.
> 
> -landonf

I got these points.

Can you address the rest of the questions I asked in the previous note?  That'll 
provide more context to make a choice.

Thanks,
Blair