RE: [VETO] Support package-prefix and fix mail-locking in configure

>     Ben> [a] Have a --late-package-path option that lets you specify
>     Ben> the exact locations of all package hierarchies.  [b] Also
>     Ben> have a --late-package-prefix option that lets you specify the
>     Ben> directory under which the package hierarchies are 
> located. [...]
> 
> Those are horrible names.  Since configure almost by 
> definition doesn't need to be backward-compatible, just use 
> --package-path and --package-prefix (or --packages-path and 
> --packages-root, which I like better).

I agree, I just didn't want to suggest something more radical for fear that
Mike would disagree.

I think --package-roots or something of that sort would be better than
--package-prefix; before I realized what --prefix did I had a very hard time
figuring out how to specify where to install XEmacs, since --prefix is a
pretty damn opaque name.  I was looking for --install-location or something
obvious.

Although maybe no one has asked for this kind of stuff, I think that's
because most people just give up before trying to install packages
themselves since it's too complicated and not well documented.  I have a
feeling this turns off a fair number of people, who may just go use GNU
Emacs because everything comes with it automatically.