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[Seth Alan Woolley <seth AT positivism.org>]

On Fri, Nov 04, 2005 at 09:37:30AM +1300, Belxjander Serechai wrote:
> for those users who dont use the spell...
> 
> I also advovate changing
>   "depends linux" from to "optional_depends LINUX"
> 
> like how several X spells provide "X" services within sorcery
>   why not make spells optional when they may be skipped within sorcery
>   and actually allow for externally made

Local spell customization and overriding happens in custom grimoires 
(c.f. scribbler).  Provider logic is thus superfluous in the case of 
local custom spells.

Providers make sense when more than one distinct "spell" is available 
from the grimoire namespace.

When a local custom spell is rebroadcast and intended for broader 
inclusion in the main grimoire sets so as to coexist with the original 
spell, then you give it a unique name and use providers.

Seth

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