On 6/1/11 8:01 PM, "Christopher Sean Morrison" <[email protected]> wrote:

> 
> On Jun 1, 2011, at 12:58 PM, Christopher Sean Morrison wrote:
> 
>> May have just found the answer to my own question..  was the geometry engine
>> left in rt^3?  I see unit test dirs and some sources in oldstuff, but no core
>> code.
> 
> Indeed that seems to be the case, got a full build of the GS after
> compiling/installing the GE sources from rt^3.  That'll be a little tricky to
> resolve for Ohloh accounting purposes since geomcore was branched then purged.
> It's all cool, though...  we just may have to move geomcore and rt^3 sources
> around once again (into new modules) so there is unique history for both.

Yes, in march. We tweaked the Find*.cmake files in geomcore so rt^3 can be
installed somewhere other than the BRL-CAD directory, as well.
 
> The proper separation of the main BRL-CAD libs, the Geometry Engine API, and
> the Geometry Service application(s) is a good one.  It reinforces the layered
> design and makes it a lot harder to introduce cyclic dependencies.  So the
> question becomes what to name the new modules.  Any suggestions?
> 
> Geometry Engine candidate names:
> /svnroot/brlcad/ge/trunk
> /svnroot/brlcad/GE/trunk
> /svnroot/brlcad/geometryengine/trunk
> /svnroot/brlcad/GeometryEngine/trunk
> 
> Geometry Service candidate names:
> /svnroot/brlcad/gs/trunk
> /svnroot/brlcad/GS/trunk
> /svnroot/brlcad/geometryservice/trunk
> /svnroot/brlcad/GeometryService/trunk
> 
> Other ideas?  Absent commentary, I'll just flip a coin and start restructuring
> this weekend.  (leaning towards ge/gs or GE/GS)

Gs/ge seem too terse and vague. I personally favor the long form lower case
ones. Maybe std abbr, geomeng geomsrv?

> Cheers!
> Sean

 -Erik


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