Previously Martin Oldfield wrote:
> This is a bit like the much criticized default mechanism in X. Are
> there lessons to be learnt from that ?
Yes, it's way to easy to create a mess. You get people stuffing
everything in the root to override stuff, or someone who puts
something in the root by acc
> "Joey" == Joey Hess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
-> snip <-
Joey> use mail-reader, strn an nn could use news-reader). This
Joey> shared tree can also be used as a default, ie a variable
Joey> ! news-reader/nntpserver can be used by strn if
Joey> strn/nntpserver does not
[ This is a moification of Wichert's original proposal. I'm posting this
because I've gotten some mail that made me think some people haven't grasped
exactly how my suggestions for modifications of this proposal worked. I hope
some context and examples will make it clear. I've also worked in some
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