On Wed, Oct 1, 2008 at 5:02 AM, Aidan Skinner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 30, 2008 at 10:22 PM, Robert Godfrey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
>
> > Well - we've had a discussion previously where my opinion was that
> > having things cut primarily by language was silly, and that
> > broker/client was a bigger distinction... however since we primarily
> > cut by language first, and presuming this work depends on the Java
> > common stuff then i would suggest that to fit with the existing
> > structure it should go in Java... however I am very open to
> > discussing a different structure for the project a a whole ;-)
>
> I hate our source layout with a passion. The top level trunk containing
> just
> qpid/ is remarkably irritating and makes merging between the branches a
> PITA. I'd rather see a split along functional terms. The build system would
> need to be complicated slightly to allow this, but a couple of simple
> Makefiles should be sufficent. I'd think something like:
>
> trunk/
> broker/
> java/
> cpp/
> client/
> java/
> cpp/
> ruby/
> python/
> tools/
> management/
> jmx-gui/ <-- eclipse plugin
> jmx-cli/ <-- JMX console
> qman/
>
> etc.
>
> This might be a bit yak shavey though. I'd really like to have a clearer
> idea of where we are with the management tooling and where we're going with
> it. It seems very ad-hoc atm. A plan would be good.
>
> - Aidan
>
I like the idea a lot, but not sure how the following is handled.
1) As Rob pointed out, where is the common code going to live? Both java and
C++ have common code thats shared by the broker and client.
2) I am not sure if I agree with the tools source structure. Shouldn't it be
by language as well?
Bcos currently we have tools in java, python and c++ (all though c++ is
more infrastructure than a tool)
3) The impact on the build system? I am sure ant and make could handle
this, but as Carl pointed out it will be a bit tricky for the first few
weeks.
My biggest concern is (1). If we can find a proper solution to that, then I
think the rest can be worked out.
Also it maybe best if we attempt this after M4 (if are to pursue this path).
Regards,
Rajith.
