[391] in SIPB-AFS-requests
Re: /afs/sipb/project/nemacs: need quota increase
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Isaac Chuang)
Tue Mar 5 12:30:58 1991
Date: Tue, 5 Mar 91 12:04:40 -0500
From: Isaac Chuang <monkey@ATHENA.MIT.EDU>
To: Derek Atkins <warlord@ATHENA.MIT.EDU>
Cc: Isaac Chuang <monkey@ATHENA.MIT.EDU>, sipb-afsreq@ATHENA.MIT.EDU
In-Reply-To: Derek Atkins's message of Tue, 05 Mar 91 10:21:57 EST,
>Personally, I think that the hardcoded directory is a bad idea, and
>therefore the link is a bad idea. If others disagree, then the link
>can be put in, but I feel that the software shouldn't depend on that
>link being there. Does anyone else have any opinion on this?
yes, you're right, if it were not for the reality of having to take
time to change things.
it is unfortunate, but the way of life, that hardcoded paths are
embedded in tex. yeah, they can be overcome, but it's nice to have
the defaults work.
-Ike.
