Hi all,
During the work on replacing lp_solve with CoinMP (almost done) I
stumbled upon the question of where to build the CoinMP libraries.
Following the current pattern I would add a coinmp directory into main/
The downside of this is that the main/ directory becomes cluttered with
modules that basically consist only of a single makefile and maybe some
patch files.
I would like to propose a different solution: add a new ext_libraries/
directory at the same level of main/ and ext_sources/. By reusing some
of the old source_config functionality (in the form of the
SourceConfig.pm in solver/bin/modules) the new modules in ext_libraries/
(coinmp in my example) can be transparently integrated into the build
process.
My plan is to add the ext_sources/ directory and integrate it into our
build system and then to add modules for coinmp and, when the need
arises, for other new external libraries. Existing modules in main/,
like moz or cairo, can be moved later.
Any comments, objections, questions for more information?
Regards,
Andre
