Re: Configuration management, version 5

[Martin Oldfield <m@mail.tc>]

>>>>> "Joey" == Joey Hess <joey@kitenet.net> writes:

    Joey> Martin Oldfield wrote:
    >> I think there are problems with a hierarchy, exemplified by
    >> emacs which contains both a newsreader and a mail program. I
    >> suggest that this implies the hierarchy either needs to provide
    >> multiple inheritance, or is replaced by a simple list of the
    >> bits of the space which are appropriate. In the case of emacs,
    >> this would be something like mailreaders, newsreaders, emacsen,
    >> and emacs-19.

    Joey> The proposal is that would use /emacs19/ for stuff local to
    Joey> it, as well as /news-reader/ and /mail-reader/ for stuff
    Joey> that.is shared with other news and mail readers.

So in what sense is that a hierarchy ?

-- 
Martin Oldfield.


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