On Thu, Jan 12, 2012 at 5:40 AM, Andre Fischer <a...@a-w-f.de> wrote: > 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? >
What is the difference then between ext_sources and ext_libraries? How do you decide which goes where? > Regards, > Andre
