On Fri, Nov 1, 2013 at 6:20 AM, Allan Day <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I often find it hard to figure out which module lives where, and I
> think that consistently organised modules would help people to
> understand what we are trying to build.
>
> In terms of what we are building, there are three primary
> classifications of modules:
>
> * Core
> * Core apps
> * Apps
>
> The core is the OS. It encompasses the application developer platform
> and the shell.
>
> Core apps are those applications that are installed by default and
> cannot be removed. They are independent entities, but they are to some
> extent part of the OS. Core apps have generic names like "Files",
> "Music" and "Notes".
>
> Apps includes any app that isn't core. These apps have branded names
> like "gedit", "Evolution" and "Polari".
>
> It would be really fantastic if we could organise Bugzilla and JHBuild
> along these lines. It would help us to communicate what GNOME is, both
> to our contributors and to distributors. It would also help me find
> modules when I want to file a bug. :)
>
Currently, we have the following metamodules in jhbuild:
meta-gnome-core
meta-gnome-core-shell
meta-gnome-core-extras
meta-gnome-core-utilities
meta-gnome-core-os-services
meta-gnome-devel-platform
meta-gnome-extended-devel-platform
meta-gnome-apps-tested
I think they map to what you are describing roughly in the following way:
meta-gnome-core-utilities == Core apps
rest of meta-gnome-core == Core
meta-gnome-apps-tested == Apps
Correct ? We can certainly strive to streamline the organization of modules
in that way. At the same time, we can consider if the split into 4 separate
files:
gnome-sysdeps gnome-suites-core-deps gnome-suites-core gnome-apps
is really useful, or just confusing, considering we have an overlayed
meta-module structure that looks slightly different. Two ways we could go
here:
a) enforce a 1-1 mapping between files and metamodules
b) dump it all in one file
With respect to bugzilla: I don't think the module grouping is helpful at
all there. I have only ever found it to get in my way, e.g. when I can't
add a Gnome target mark to a bug because it is not in the right group, or
when I have to restart typeahead search in the combobox, because the module
grouping is overlayed on top of the alphabetical sorting...
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