----- Forwarded message from [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: src/ directory (was: Re: Showstoppers: Alpha 9) To: Greg Stein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2000 16:56:55 -0800
> It isn't "a source tree". There is a lot more in the CVS repository than > just source. There are build mechanisms, documentation, test programs and > framework, public include areas, etc. Source, source, source, very much source, etc. Exactly what part of that is not source? Source is the set of information used to maintain and develop a product, including the documentation (in pre-generated form). That is the standard term under software engineering parlance. Everything that is not derived from some other source is "source". > Categorization is quite difficult: consider APR's 15 source subdirs. How > could those possibly be grouped? I'm not sure if its safe to ask me that question right now. The result is usually a rebuilt repository, or a complete rewrite of some piece. I used to do that to Dean all the time. ....Roy ----- End forwarded message ----- -- Greg Stein, http://www.lyra.org/
