It would work, though perhaps the name resource would better describe it. I
assume the idea is in a binary distribution the resource/ directory would be
shipped (almost) verbatim?
While we're on the topic, I would like to add the top-level directory "vm"
to the mix, to accomodate this multiple implementation business.
--John Keiser
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Paul Fisher [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Paul Fisher
> Sent: Friday, August 14, 1998 9:28 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: New toplevel directory
>
>
> I've been running into a problem as of recent, which I believe
> requires a new toplevel directory.
>
> I propose the name be "share" and the directory would have a
> non-flattened java package naming structure. Resource properties and
> various other platform-independent files (such as the Unicode
> database) would reside here -- retrievable through the 1.1
> getResourse() calls. Installation of the "share" directory would
> correspond to Autoconf's @datadir@.
>
> We can actually call it "data", if everyone prefers that over "share".
>
> thoughts?
>
> --
> Paul Fisher * [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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