Im still struggling with the install layout. This makes sense:
felix/share/felix-version/lib/std/*.flx ... etc etc Each version has a new standard library, tool sources, etc. This would also cover C++ sources. Now, the platform dependent stuff is in two parts: (a) configuration data: *.fpc files, specs for calling C++, C++ config headers. (b) compiled binaries: executables, static libs, shared libs There will be a standard one of these: host, an abstract name for the current desktop config. Sharable between users. Other configs could be installed for cross compiling. Each user currently has $HOME/felix with personal data. Presently this is just cache data PLUS if the user is a felix developer, initialisation data for the host config. In principle, the config data depends on the platform not on the Felix version. It may change with compiler upgrades (independently of the Felix version). So one problem here is whether to version the config data. It will surely change with Felix version. On the other hand, if we do that each new install will lose the local tailoring (where various third partly libraries are kept, for example). At present persistence come from the builders HOME/felix. Better than nothing, but still not really right. Now, at present we have flx --test=install-point and that only works because there's a single install point. If we split shared stuff from the config, it won't work. We'd need TWO variables: one to version the shared library code and one for the config. The idea would be flx --config=configdir which defaults to host. --test defaults to /usr/local/lib/felix/ share/version. But where is host? Do we need to repeat the version in the config? Maybe the way forward is to include the share/version IN the config? But then an upgrade would require duplicating the configs. I'm confused :) Need help thinking on this. -- john skaller skal...@users.sourceforge.net http://felix-lang.org ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ Felix-language mailing list Felix-language@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/felix-language
