[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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