M.Canales.es wrote:
El Viernes, 3 de Noviembre de 2006 14:39, George Makrydakis escribió:
M.Canales.es wrote:
The new jhalfs code may be something totally different, thus the
discussion is open to any one that would expose thier point of view.
Totally different. Does this mean that the C++ route is acceptable?
Is acceptable for the long-time-waited-and-never-implemented new alfs tool.
The issue is that I don't know C, C++, Python, PHP and like, thus migrating
jhalfs to a non-bash/XSL based code will exclude me from its development.
As long as you have 2 free neurons able to make a connection you can
learn. Anyone who can make sense out of xsl transforms has the
horsepower to deal with C/C++. Being present at the birth of new concept
makes understanding the code easier. (If you had started browsing
jhalfs-2.0 code without having been part of its evolution you would find
it very difficult to understand or modify.)
jhalfs born as a POC about automatizing the build from the book sources
instead from manually created XML profiles (like nALFS was doing) to
demonstrate that such thing was possible. Due the lack of available
programmers to implement it in compilable code, the bash form has been
extended and enchanced until what it is now, and what could be in the future.
But I think the bash-based code will lack allways of a crucial feature: the
ability to control simultaneouslly several remote installations/updates.
jhalfs-2.0 serves its purpose well, to automate the extraction and
building of LFS series book. It is possible to move beyond this
definition but not without pain.
Said that, maybe you could put your hands on the development of that new alfs
tool based on your ideas and your own way to do the things, helpped by other
programmers if there is someone interested.
I will be very happy in someday we have a alfs binary implementation that make
obsolete the bash-based jhalfs code.
jhalfs-3.0 will have another definition and code will be written to
support those specs. Specs first, code later.
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