On 2011-09-15 05:07 AM, [email protected] wrote: > >When they're used like that, then the people who work on those > >examples already have that repo - and not some generic repo - > >cloned. The changes to the example will likely follow directly > >from API changes leading to the aforementioned CI problems. On > >top of that you won't be sole maintainer of it, which makes some > >of the advantages less necessary. > > Just to put more weight behind Alan's argument. I fully agree with > his statement. The disadvantages are far more significant than the > benefits. I would go as far as saying that the main purpose of the > example is quick testing and the doc aspect is just sugar on top. > Let's not make the current repo split situation worse than it is > already.
OTOH it could be useful for the developer to know their example code will build and run outside of their cosey checkout and, perhaps, encourage them to interact with the other code examples as well. It's a bit more bother for individual developers but the overall health of all the examples may improve. _______________________________________________ Qt5-feedback mailing list [email protected] http://lists.qt.nokia.com/mailman/listinfo/qt5-feedback
