On 22-08-21 08:51, Luke Mewburn wrote:
| On 22-01-07 12:47, Luke Mewburn wrote:
| | I propose that we deprecate or remove the "extsrc/" tree,
| | as the name name-complete conflicts with "external/".
| |
| | The "external/" tree was added in mid 2008.
| | A lot of the
lukem@ wrote:
> | (Also, if I recall correctly, "extsrc/" without much consultation).
There was a proposal on tech-toolchain:
https://mail-index.netbsd.org/tech-toolchain/2009/11/29/msg000790.html
but I could not imagine a typical usecase at that time.
> I only received support for removing
On 22-01-07 12:47, Luke Mewburn wrote:
| I propose that we deprecate or remove the "extsrc/" tree,
| as the name name-complete conflicts with "external/".
|
| The "external/" tree was added in mid 2008.
| A lot of the in-tree third-party source is now in this tree,
| and developers
On Sat, Jan 08, 2022 at 12:28:52PM -0800, Paul Goyette wrote:
> > Count me in as well - the name completion collision has always annoyed me.
>
> +2 :-)
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On Sat, 8 Jan 2022, Alistair Crooks wrote:
Count me in as well - the name completion collision has always annoyed me.
+2 :-)
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On Sat, 8 Jan 2022 at 00:29, matthew green wrote:
> > I propose that we deprecate or remove the "extsrc/" tree,
> > as the name name-complete conflicts with "external/".
>
> yes, please.
>
>
Count me in as well - the name completion collision has always annoyed me.
Thanks,
Al
> I propose that we deprecate or remove the "extsrc/" tree,
> as the name name-complete conflicts with "external/".
yes, please.
.mrg.
On Fri, Jan 07, 2022 at 12:47:53 +1100, Luke Mewburn wrote:
> The "extsrc/" tree was added in late 2009.
> Nothing in tree uses "extsrc/"; it's a placeholder for third-party
> vendors to hook into the build for their own extensions.
> There's no reason a vendor can't just integrate into the build
I propose that we deprecate or remove the "extsrc/" tree,
as the name name-complete conflicts with "external/".
The "external/" tree was added in mid 2008.
A lot of the in-tree third-party source is now in this tree,
and developers need to traverse this tree a lot.
The "extsrc/" tree was added
