Re: [Chicken-users] egg upgrading

[Harri Haataja]

On 24/07/06, Zbigniew <address@hidden> wrote:
> Also note: when installing from disk, chicken-setup will not reorder
> installation to satisfy dependencies.  Therefore, you should install,
> for example, syntax-case and regex-case first, as they are required
> for compilation of certain extensions.
...

Re-inventing/implementing package management again?

Of course there are systems without such, but one.. make it the..
worst problem with all these language implementation specific bloody
extension archive collection network planets is that they do that.
Badly. IMHO, of course.

I can only hope that any system that might be put in won't get in the
way of building real managed binaries easily.

--
it's  a matter of balance, i find.  if you write the code without thinking
through the design you are doomed, except for very trivial tasks.  if you think
through the design, and think, and think, and never code then you may have had
fun but don't end up with a program.            -- Bruce Ellis, on 9fans