[TFNR][REPORT]Where are we?!
Hannes Hirzel
hannes.hirzel.squeaklist at bluewin.ch
Tue Nov 18 15:15:16 UTC 2003
goran.krampe at bluefish.se wrote:
> Hannes Hirzel <hannes.hirzel.squeaklist at bluewin.ch> wrote:
>>The package should know what it needs.
>
>
> No, :-) I don't agree. A very important aspect is that the packages
> should NOT know what they need.
> Because they may be wrong. Or put another way, the author of a package
> has his/her idea of what the package needs - but I may know of
> alternatives. There may be several configurations for using say
> HttpView. I know a few, but you may know of even more.
>
>
>>Not an external script.
>
>
> Agreed - not an external *script*. But an external *object* - the
^^^^^^
> package configuration. I am *not* saying that load scripts are the
> pillar of the planned dependency scheme - I am just explaining what they
> *can* be used for, and the fact that the classification "static" vs
> "dynamic" is interesting.
OK, I understand.
Hannes
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