Hi, On Sat, Aug 13, 2005 at 08:00:08PM +0200, Petr Baudis wrote: > the object databases supports it, but the index file does not. But yes, > it should be supported, I think. > > Some argue that this is useless, so some practical example of its > usefulness might be a good motivation to get us going. :-)
That's fair. So, here goes. I don't particularly condone nor condemn any of these. - Just yesterday, I was starting a project at work. I wanted to add a doc directory as a reminder to add documentation very soon. I could not do this. - I've worked with projects that use an obj, .obj, .obj-platform or something resembling this and have checked in this directory to make sure it exists for all. Of course, a build system could be made to generate this directory when needed avoiding the need to check it in. - A common practice I've seen with autotools is to use a config subdirectory for many of the autogenerated scripts. If I'm not mistaken older versions would not create this directory if it did not already exist. Checking it in was a convenience. The bottom line is that I don't really see many situations where it is absolutely necessary but it is a convenience. Not supporting it may seem like an artificial limit that really didn't need to be there. I'll read up on the index file when I get the chance. Cheers, Carl -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Carl Baldwin Systems VLSI Laboratory Hewlett Packard Company MS 88 work: 970 898-1523 3404 E. Harmony Rd. work: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fort Collins, CO 80525 home: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
