From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Nicolas Sebrecht Subject: [1.8.0] Re: reorganize the mess that the source tree has become Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2011 19:15:50 +0100 Message-ID: <20110204181550.GA14173@vidovic> References: <20110202022909.30644.qmail@science.horizon.com> <87bp2sy2mf.fsf@catnip.gol.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: Hilco Wijbenga , git@vger.kernel.org, Nicolas Pitre , George Spelvin , Eugene Sajine , Nicolas Sebrecht To: Miles Bader X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Fri Feb 04 19:16:03 2011 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git-2@lo.gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.180.67]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PlQCR-0002mG-7O for gcvg-git-2@lo.gmane.org; Fri, 04 Feb 2011 19:16:03 +0100 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752025Ab1BDSP6 (ORCPT ); Fri, 4 Feb 2011 13:15:58 -0500 Received: from mail-ew0-f46.google.com ([209.85.215.46]:59201 "EHLO mail-ew0-f46.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751414Ab1BDSP5 (ORCPT ); Fri, 4 Feb 2011 13:15:57 -0500 Received: by ewy5 with SMTP id 5so1431643ewy.19 for ; Fri, 04 Feb 2011 10:15:55 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:sender:date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id :references:mime-version:content-type:content-disposition :in-reply-to:user-agent; bh=S3kP0cHIevPgl9qWbglgVPJvzJCF3bEGZmn9ooQi1W8=; b=A0c4p4nauGSj3ByksdUVtyR4f8JeeTzF+KbxJUZS5+FZKZAhiSwwp4HDcILZGrJhny 3NMBdqpzog75Tv6Fwy7gOuY2CLUvHiqdIXM1DcVWzHLZV6OEv9iUDKc4zY0CMSARfwaP iv3vqmcTHKv81bD0Pz6wyLWZPDT/P2dvfvSOs= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=sender:date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:references:mime-version :content-type:content-disposition:in-reply-to:user-agent; b=q8QkL1gJ3DFpv+VDGHCjVQoW1YxW10Kg5u1kU7HPm8Y6dLJiv5q2bXkum+EvZUP+f/ 0akLzJCCnPbeEhk3z1ufgv9la85Gh6IfjUENqIn2E25hDDQIxEq2mtG7NDdEMzm9Uysx vMcehodB4kZluqvWNElFM1oIS5tjUfQp9K9JA= Received: by 10.216.191.215 with SMTP id g65mr1000800wen.16.1296843355784; Fri, 04 Feb 2011 10:15:55 -0800 (PST) Received: from vidovic (aqu33-8-83-155-187-36.fbx.proxad.net [83.155.187.36]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id t11sm533796wes.41.2011.02.04.10.15.52 (version=SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Fri, 04 Feb 2011 10:15:54 -0800 (PST) Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <87bp2sy2mf.fsf@catnip.gol.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: The 04/02/11, Miles Bader wrote: > Hilco Wijbenga writes: > > Quite frankly, I'm surprised there are (presumably experienced) > > developers who do not immediately see the value of a little > > organization. Surely, given the use of code conventions, formatting > > rules, etcetera, the obvious one step further is to also organize > > where the files go? > > I think one of the problems is that what's been suggested seems like > window-dressing. Moving everything into src/ and calling it "organized" > doesn't actually accomplish much other than perhaps making the README > file more visible to newbs; things are _still_ a mess, just a mess with > four more letters... So it would be an ordered mess, at least. The current amount of files in the root directory do make things harder for people not already familiar with the content. FMHO, moving the source files into a subdirectory could be only a first step to the good direction. -- Nicolas Sebrecht