On Fri, Jan 23, 2009 at 10:17 AM, Simon Laws <[email protected]>wrote:
> > > On Fri, Jan 23, 2009 at 8:40 AM, ant elder <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> >> On Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 8:53 AM, Simon Laws <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> >>> >>> On Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 8:43 AM, ant elder <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Related to the Samples thread [1] which is about how the samples work >>>> internally we can also consider how they get included in a distribution and >>>> thats come up in the distribution thread [2]. The main points there would >>>> be >>>> that the samples are changed from all being in a single flat samples folder >>>> to be grouped into sub folders, and that the sample names are rearranged to >>>> point out their main reason for being. >>>> >>>> Adding some structure seems to me like a huge improvement to the >>>> existing layout, there are so many samples now its become too hard and >>>> confusing to see whats what. However this has come up before and I'm not >>>> sure everyone agrees so before we spend much time does anyone want to raise >>>> any concerns about a change like this? >>>> >>>> ...ant >>>> >>>> [1] http://apache.markmail.org/message/yofc6tptydeszty6 >>>> [2] http://apache.markmail.org/message/uzmcywrpjctnlffy >>>> >>> >>> We'll I'm for It but I should point out I haven't done anything other >>> than create some new samples with new names and updated the distro config to >>> group samples to get a feel for how it looks. The samples folder itself is >>> still flat and IMHO I can probably live with that as long as we take time to >>> review the naming. >>> >>> Simon >>> >> >> I'm not sure what you mean, you say you're all for it (Adding some >> structure) but also that the samples folder itself is still flat? How would >> that work? >> >> ...ant >> >> > > Locally I have a flat samples folder from svn and a structured samples > folder in the distribution. Just configuration in the distro build makes > this work. What are the advantages of doing it that way? If we agree some structure in the distribution is useful it will be simpler to have svn match that wont it? ...ant
