On 6/28/16 5:17 AM, qznc wrote:
On Tuesday, 28 June 2016 at 09:13:40 UTC, qznc wrote:
I don't believe a root repo makes sense.
Submodules should be used to model actual dependencies.
For example, phobos does not depend on dmd, since it could be ldc or
gdc as well.
Some dependencies are: dmd depends on druntime and phobos; phobos
depends on druntime. However, you cannot give dmd *and* phobos a
druntime submodule, since that would duplicate it.
Currently, the assumed directory structure is to have dmd, phobos,
druntime side by side. Using my submodules philosophy would change
that to a nested structure. Probably not worth the hassle.
I forgot to mention the advantage of the nested submodules approach: You
can bisect for bugs. You cannot do that with completely separate repos,
since there is no way to know which revisions work together.
You could have d distribution package repo depend on all 3 components.
It would simplify the build.
-Steve
