John-Mark Bell wrote: > On Tue, 25 Mar 2008 11:01:19 +0000, Rob Kendrick > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> On Tue, 2008-03-25 at 10:51 +0000, Michael Drake wrote: >> >>> My only concern with this is that the repository becomes quite >>> fragmented. You'd have to check out trunk in order to get all the >>> bits that make up core NetSurf functionality and the web browser >>> front end. But if you do that, you end up with lots you don't >>> need, like the web site, NSTheme, >> etc. >> >> If we have to, we can sort out a shell script or Obey file to check >> out everything you need into convenient places. > > I would suggest svn externals, but they're pretty hideous. > Additionally, they only really work one way afaiaa -- it becomes > awkward to commit changes in directories that were imported from > elsewhere. It's possible I'm misreading the documentation, of course.
I have used externals a little and found them to be no great problem. I've certainly not witnessed any problem committing changes in external directories. It may be worth setting up a local test repository and trying them out in the way you think you might use them. -- (\/)atthew
