[openbeos] Re: on SoftwareValet for OBOS
- From: Steve Vallée <svallee@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <openbeos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 19 Jan 2002 20:43:16 -0800
Oh yes ! I'm for an app = a folder. Period. So when you delete that
forlder, everything else is removed, as if the software NEVER existed. That
would be a dream.
----- Original Message -----
> My thoughts I post whenever this thread rears it's ugly head.
>
> 1. Apps should never install anything into system areas. The OS is
> reserved for the OS. Shared libraries go into a user directory, app
> libraries under the app directory.
> 2. The OS should support a CopyVer function and every
library/executable
> should have a compatable version number embedded in it. Older libraries/
> executables should NEVER EVER EVER overwrite newer versions. No version
> number no install.
> 3. Don't remove shared libraries on uninstall.
>
> Follow the above and I think 99% of all problems go away.
>
> Of course you should also expect programmers to learn how to create newer
> versions of libraries without breaking older apps that use older versions
of
> the library. Something amiga programmers learnt well but windows
programmers
> never seem to understand it.
>
>
> --
> Cheers
> David
>
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> Don't knock President Fillmore. He kept us out of Vietnam.
>
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