[Rock-dev] Autoproj v2

[Sylvain Joyeux]

> I have to stop having personal opinions.

You can have. And you can go on doing things manually if you feel
better doing so. However, the generally accepted convention is that if
you're accessing undocumented APIs (or, in this case, hidden folders),
you're on your own.

Things are private or hidden for a reason.

Sylvain

On Thu, Jun 1, 2017 at 12:22 PM, Thomas Roehr <thomas.roehr at dfki.de> wrote:
> On 31.05.2017 19:48, Sylvain Joyeux wrote:
>>> Because I find it to be a robust, self sufficient and transparent
>>> process to start my installations.
>>> no need to look for an (potentially outdated) autoproj_install script.
>
>> First of all, any process that involves getting into a dot folder
>> manually is NOT transparent and self-sufficient. It's the equivalent
>
> Mhm, to me that was a very simple recipe to start, but that sounds like
> I have to stop having personal opinions.
>
>> of using private APIs.
> As rock developer I have to understand the installation process, e.g.,
> to be able to repair installations and thus I sometimes also take
> advantage of this knowledge.
>
> You can't complain if it stops working.
> No real complaint, I just gave you my motivation for such three liner.
>
>
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