On Fri, 10 May 2002 03:02, Nicola Ken Barozzi wrote: > I honestly think that what Avalin has done with Excalibur is really > stretching the definition of sofware module a bit too far. > > What is the *need* for a division of packages in different root dirs? Can't > just a specializes jar task divide them upon jarring?
What is the need of ever having separate directories at all? Why can't cocoon, avalon, ant, james, turbine, struts etc live in one source hierarchy? The main reason is it allows Isolation and avoids accidental dependencies. People have to make a conscious decision to add in new dependencies rather than making a conscious decision not to add in dependencies. ie Some of our components were coupled to other components via one class that wasn't een needed or used. The current arrangement avoids this. Also in the past sometimes someone would break the build - now it only effects one component rather than a whole bunch. -- Cheers, Peter Donald -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
