Although it seems that work on this has stopped, I have actually been
still working on it! The functionality of the package seems stable so I
have been thinking about how best to make it available in a more
"official" way than through my DropBox. We now have a folder named tools
in the docs portion of the SVN repository thanks to Rony so that seems
to be the logical place to put the package. The problem that arises is
that the complete package contains binary files which are not normally
kept in SVN. So I can either upload the entire package anyway or just
upload the parts that are not obtained from the Internet and write
detailed instructions on what and how to obtain the other portions. The
first has the advantage that the package is immediately usable once it
is checked out while the second is much "cleaner" but requires the user
to do additional "installation" work before it can be used. I did not
like either choice so I have written an ooRexx program named Setup that
does that "installation" work automatically. It downloads all seven
packages, unzips them into the correct locations and, in the case of the
xsltproc packages, copies the executable files into the main folder. The
Setup program should only have to be run once after the package is
checked out if the user's internet connection is stable - mine has not
been lately - but can be safely rerun if it does not run to successful
completion.
So my intention now is to check-in the portions of the package without
the "external" tools but with the Setup program. These consist of one
.cfg file, six .cmd files, three .rex programs, two .txt files, and four
.xsl stylesheets. Before I do so I need some guidance on including the
"boilerplate" regarding license and copyright information. Clearly, the
ooRexx programs need it but what about the other file types? And should
I just take the text from one of the "samples" files or something else?
--
Gil Barmwater
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