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[Paul <dufflebunk AT dufflebunk.homeip.net>]

Anyone can make their own grimoire, and anyone can add it with scribe.
The only thing special about games, test, stable, and z-rejected
grimoires is that being officialy supported, if you don't specify a URL,
it'll use a default. 

It would be possible to modify sorcery to install stuff to a users
directory, currently most paths are set in /etc/sorcery/config. If the
install path and stuff were set to $HOME, and the su - was removed from
the tools, it would be quite possible. It's possible, and certainly
worth a try. Unfortunatly, the sorcery team has many bugs and most
members are neck deep in RL :/  However, we happily accept patches, so
if anyone gets the itch :)


On Thu, 2004-01-29 at 19:50, Josh Fuhs wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I did some browsing around but couldn't find any conversation on this 
> particular
> topic.
> 
> It seems to me that, though the Source Mage system is designed around the
> sysadmin's needs, it would be quite useful to regular users as well. As a 
> normal
> user, I can install (to my home directory) all sorts of things which are in 
> the
> grimoire and might be useful for me to do so, but I wouldn't be able to take
> advantage of the existing package management system. This seems like an
> unecessary limitation.
> 
> I would like to suggest that the system be altered so that regular users can
> make use of it. Maybe some reporting tools could then be made available to
> sysadmins so that they know what is being installed by whom.
> 
> It would also be nice to see a system where spells could be bundled with a
> package so that they aren't dependant upon the central grimoire authority. 
> I'm
> thinking more along commercial lines on this one.
> 
> All that would be needed then are some user-friendly X apps to have a very
> powerful, easy-to-use package manager that could easily rival the MS 
> Installer.
> 
> Just a thought.
> 
> Josh
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