--- On Thu, 10/27/11, Jürgen Schmidt <jogischm...@googlemail.com> wrote:
> > > > In any case, yes.. I think this is the way to go. I am > > just hoping there will be a way to opt out those > > components in favor of the system libraries when those > > available. > > me too but we should move forward and we can change it at > any time when we have a better solution. > I am OK with that, but let me attempt to dump what I think: 1) you are not bringing in *anything* copyleft, that directory will only be for the non-restrictive stuff that we need: ICU, Boost, etc. 2) This will all have to be registered in the NOTICE file, but since this is transitory and not really stuff we use in base, we should start a new section there to separate it from the stuff we do use in the core system. 3) We should probably move some of the stuff in soltools there too (mkdepend). 4) I know you want ucpp there too, but since that stuff is used in idlc, I think I'd prefer it in idlc/source/preproc/ as it was before. No idea if we can use the system cpp for the rest but that would probably make sense. All just IMHO, I am pretty sure whatever you do is better than what we have now :). Pedro.
