I think the below steps will do a an atomic tag/branch (Branch protections
may be needed as well)
Let's fully understand the release process before proposing a solution.
That sounds like a disaster.
However, it exemplifies why Submodules are evil but useful. A much simpler
approach is 2 folder is the same project - I am aware of ALL the arguments -
I agree with most of them but there are dependency on nuttx to apps from all
the defconfig files and nsh)
No, the APPSDIR is configure-able. The default configurations all use
../apps/ for APPSDIR because there are not other apps in the
repositores. There have been many discussions on the old forums on how
to use custom applications, so I know end users actually do that. I
know, for example, that many users do not use NSH (which the most
popular thing in apps/).
Consider also:
http://www.nuttx.org/doku.php?id=wiki:nshhowtos:external-applications
http://www.nuttx.org/doku.php?id=wiki:nshhowtos:custom-appsdir
I don't think simple is particularly strong argument.
First question I would poll the community is: "How many of you do not use
the apps folder?"
This is an internal architectural decision and I don't think it is an
issue that involves any kind of community vote. That is how we got
Trump, we get a dictatorship of the uninformed majority. The PPMC should
make all decisions based on sound reasonbing. I personally would be
very opposed to anything which corrupts the clean OS architecture by
coupling it with any application.
This discussion is really all about a proposed shortcut for a release (a
release that we do not yet understand). I would say two things about
that: (1) I don't think we should take shortcuts to releases (and we
certainly should not sacrifice the integrity of the OS just to use a
shortcut) -- that is one of the "enemies" of good system design. And
(2) we really need to understand and document the release procedure
BEFORE we begin proposing solutions, especially solutions that have long
reachable negative impacts.
Tradeoffs are a necessary part of getting things done and all trade-offs
involve compromising between two things, one that you like and one that
you dont like. We may have to compromise things to achieve what we
want, but now is not the time. But remember that "premature
optimization is the root of all evil."
