>From these, the valid argument is that it would be non-standard (not a top >level name) related to Appache rules, which I think is indeed not acceptable. >It would not imply any source code organization change nor submodules:
git clone <appache url>/nuttx/core nuttx git clone <appache url>/nuttx/apps apps Anyway, from all the discussion, since hyphens should not be used according to what Greg said previously, I think we have only two options: nuttx nuttx_apps and nuttx nuttxapps Thiago 2022/11/19 15:37:21, Tomek CEDRO: > Short answer: NO :-) > > Long answer: > 1. This is not how current source code is organized. Implies > additional work and will break compatibility. > 2. There will be a problem with git repository. This may not be > accepted by Apache or will require additional non-standard work that > will not align with how other projects are organized. Top level names > should be used. Using nuttx.git is fine but having apps.git among > other projects will be confusing (what apps are these?). Also might > imply using git submodules. There was a discussion about that and this > seems unnecessary complication. > > Best regadrs :-) > Tomek > > > On Sat, Nov 19, 2022 at 3:28 PM Thiago Costa de Paiva <t...@cpaiva.me> wrote: > > > > I am not attached to the name itself, I was just trying to solve the > > problem with special characters. Would the following work? > > > > nuttx/core > > nuttx/apps > > > > > > 2022/11/19 08:21:43, Gregory Nutt: > > > On 11/19/2022 8:12 AM, Gregory Nutt wrote: > > > > We need to verify, but I do not think that the Apache github repository > > > > supports directories > > > > > > > > Technically, NuttX is NOT a kernel in most build modes. A kernel is a > > > > very specific architectural implementation involving protected > > > > resources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kernel_(operating_system) . > > > > The Linux kernel is a kernel. NuttX can be a kernel in the protected > > > > and kernel build modes, but in general, NuttX is not a kernel so any use > > > > of kernel in the naming would be wrong in most cases. > > > > > > > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kernel_(operating_system) > > > > > > > > More correctly Linux (and NuttX in protected and kernel modes) is a > > > > monolithic kernel. > > > > > > > > Even worse usage is when NuttX is occasionally called a micro kernel > > > > which is most certainly is not. A microkernel is an architectural > > > > alternative to a monolithic kernel: > > > > > > > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microkernel > > > > > > According to > > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operating_system#Types_of_operating_systems > > > , > > > NuttX in the flat build mode could be called a "library operating system" > > > with regard to memory organization. It is also a real-time, > > > multi-tasking, > > > embedded operating system using those definitions. > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Thiago Costa de Paiva > > FSF member: 11963 > > Linux User: 565327 > > > > > -- > CeDeROM, SQ7MHZ, http://www.tomek.cedro.info > -- Thiago Costa de Paiva FSF member: 11963 Linux User: 565327
