> you have a vision for reorganizing Rivet in a more > manageable way and David has virtually accepted > to explore the proposal. Why don't you make a > more precise outline of which component/file/directory > should go in which package?
I'll have a closer look when I ave enough time to do this. It's been a year since I started to have a glimpse on the Apache2.x port and the Rivet sources... Maybe I can come up with a more precise proposal in the middle of January. Have a mery Christmas in the meantime ;-) Eckhard > > -- Massimo > > Eckhard Lehmann wrote: > > Massimo, > > > > I can see more than two problems with the current setup - especially > > since the whole autoconf/automake is broken. > > Some time ago I proposed a different setup, also in order to port Rivet > > for Apache2 more effectively. My proposal is to split the distribution > > in 3 parts (or two parts): The Rivet/Tcl extension, the common TclWeb > > related things and the two modules for Apache1.x and Apache2.x. > > The question is, how appropriate it is to separate the Tclweb stuff (the > > files in src/ directly) from the modules... but I definitely think that > > the Rivet Tcl extension should evolve separately from the modules. > > > > That would make the maintenance much easier - for the Rivet Tcl > > extension, the standard TEA platform can be utilized, as available > > through anonymous CVS from > > http://tcl.cvs.sourceforge.net/tcl/sampleextension/ > > For the modules, the apache/libtool stuff can be used, described e.g. in > > the tutorial here: > > http://threebit.net/tutorials/apache2_modules/tut1/tutorial1.html > > > > I think this makes it easier to ensure that the libs are correctly in > > place during install. It would require to start the configuration from > > scratch, and maybe to do a completely fresh svn import with the new > > setup. But then, it would at least be possible to continue the work on > > the Apache2.x port effectively and maintain the other things. So it's a > > single, relatively small step (since the current setup does not work > > anyway) with a big benefit. > > > > > > Eckhard > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ______________________________________________________________________________ "Ein Herz für Kinder" - Ihre Spende hilft! Aktion: www.deutschlandsegelt.de Unser Dankeschön: Ihr Name auf dem Segel der 1. deutschen America's Cup-Yacht! --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
