I propose that we go with submodules like they do on wxWidgets in the case
of external dependencies (expat ...zlib)
https://github.com/wxWidgets/wxWidgets/tree/master/src
this way we can sync with upstream faster
On Thu, Nov 16, 2017 at 6:47 PM, William L. Thomson Jr. <wlt...@o-sinc.com>
wrote:
> I understand for various reasons why there are packages shipped with
> Firebird sources used as part of its build, residing in extern folder.
>
> I would like to request for consideration that those projects be split
> into their own projects within Firebird. It seems Firebird project has
> modified some. A while back I packaged like btyacc on Gentoo from
> upstream sources. It seems upstream is dead. Since then some minor
> changes have been made to the one in extern.
>
> My plan for now is to create packages from those within Firebird. I
> guess using Firebird version for the version of that stuff. I need to
> package and build it on its own and not have it build as part of
> Firebird. Some things I am able to find and package on its own. But for
> other things it seems like Firebird is the upstream.
>
> Like btyacc and cloop. I think there maybe 1 or 2 others, not all. Some
> of the others still have active upstreams and sources in Firebird are
> not heavily modified if at all.
>
> Anyway just something I wanted to bring up for consideration. I
> understand this may cause some additional difficulties in building, for
> development and project binary releases. Though for anyone packaging
> Firebird, Linux distros and others, it may make things easier.
>
> Thank you for your consideration!
>
> --
> William L. Thomson Jr.
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