On Sun, Jul 27, 2008 at 1:08 PM, via RT Geoffrey Broadwell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > # New Ticket Created by Geoffrey Broadwell > # Please include the string: [perl #57344] > # in the subject line of all future correspondence about this issue. > # <URL: http://rt.perl.org/rt3/Ticket/Display.html?id=57344 > > > > In the source repository, the 'parrot' in runtime/parrot/foo is > pointless. It's a singleton directory, and it's redundant. > > It also means that when we install, we either end up with silly > directories like /usr/lib/parrot/runtime/parrot/foo/, or we have to > clutter the .include and load_bytecode code with checks in both > <prefix>/runtime/parrot/foo/ *AND* <prefix>/runtime/foo/. > > The solution to this is to fix the source tree -- move the children of > runtime/parrot/ up one level, and get rid of the 'parrot' directory. > > In summary, there are three things that can budge, depending on how you > view this problem: cleanliness, performance, and the source tree. I > vote for fixing the source tree. > > > -'f > > >
What about the runtime for things that are not core parrot, for example, the runtimes of the various languages? Tcl, for example, has a runtime PBC, op library, and some dynpmcs.[1] (Which don't go into a separate place under runtime at the moment, but arguably could.) -- Will "Coke" Coleda
