Re: porting advice

2007-09-25 Thread mcb, inc.
On Wed, 19 Sep 2007, mcb, inc. wrote: I'm working on a port of an existing set of scientific analysis programs and have a few questions. I'll start with some advice. The package will produce over 150 separate executables. None of them have name prefixes (a la 'pnm') and some of the names

Re: porting advice

2007-09-25 Thread Kurt Miller
On Tuesday 25 September 2007 09:51:57 am mcb, inc. wrote: Hmmm, list has been silent on this question. Well, I have another. The same package also has an optional java-based component. Would the election to include this part be best handled with flavors? And if so, should the flavor pull

porting advice

2007-09-19 Thread mcb, inc.
I'm working on a port of an existing set of scientific analysis programs and have a few questions. I'll start with some advice. The package will produce over 150 separate executables. None of them have name prefixes (a la 'pnm') and some of the names could conceivably collide with existing or