[Aldor-l] Agreement on redundant subtrees?

[David Casperson]

Hi folks,

I believe that I am ready to commit the Mac OS X port to the subversion 
repository, but I have a question as to how to do it.

There are a number of files that I have modified in aldor/src, for 
instance store.c, that also show up in places like aldor/contrib/gmp. 
Ralf has suggested making the latter into symlinks.  I would rather delete 
the redundant files from the subversion reposity, and let a user who wants 
them run the appropriate makefile from their downloaded source.

Here are some options:

1.  I upload exactly one copy of the files that I have modified
     (I really don't like this, it leaves the repository
     inconsistent.)

2.  I upload every copy of the files that I have modified,
     leaving the repository with approximately the same
     organization as before and clones consistent.

3.  I upload into aldor/src and delete from repository
     directories that are copies.

4.  Similar to 3, but I delete all copies of redundant files that
     Makefiles recreate by either copies or links.

5+6.  Similar to 3+4, but with symlinks instead of deletions.


Is there any consensus on which would be best.  (2 is simplest I
think.)

David
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