[scl.org] Why you will hear CentOS here more

[Will Yardley]

On Thu, Nov 06, 2014 at 03:16:17PM +0100, Tru Huynh wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 05, 2014 at 10:16:26AM -0600, Jim Perrin wrote:
> > On 10/31/2014 03:03 PM, Will Yardley wrote:

> > > I think there should be an easier way to include stuff from SCL in
> > > $PATH.
[...]
> > > Alternately, I think it would be preferable to do something like
> > > what 'modules' (http://modules.sourceforge.net/) does, where you can do
> > > 'module load foo/1.3'.
> > > 
> > > The current strategy of running 'scl enable foo ...' or 'scl enable foo
> > > bash' is a huge pain, and also becomes a much bigger hassle when using
> > > multiple collections.

> > Once we've got the sources in place for community contribution,
> > patches to add or address this would be welcomed.

> fwiw, I am just using scl by making my own modules files around the scl
> tools...
> scl/devtoolset-2:
> #%Module1.0#
> module-whatis   "/opt/rh/devtoolset-2 environment setup"

Yeah, what about getting rid of 'scl enable X', and just using 'module'
itself in the first place? This should be less work for maintainers once
in place, and would be easier for end-users and developers.

w