[Aldor-l] Agreement on redundant subtrees?

[Bill Page]

David,

Thanks for all your work on this. I think the Mac OS X port will be an
important milestone for Aldor.

I would go for what works first, e.g. (2) and then if/when time permits (4).

Regards,
Bill Page.

On 12/14/07, David Casperson <casper at unbc.ca> wrote:
> 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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