On Thu, Jul 26, 2012 at 6:53 PM, Karl Kleinpaste <[email protected]> wrote: > Frankly, I hope not. > > The repositories do not represent (as it were) individual bookstores, > from any of which one might find any given module. Rather, the repos > represent individual publishers, and patrons get their modules directly, > without a middle-man bookstore.
The value in differentiating source repositories is not to establish 'bookstores'. Rather the value is in being able to support multiple repositories where there may in fact be a common store of modules also found elsewhere. Because there are many modules not representing any publishers, modules not subject to restrictions in their licenses, there will be repos with redundant copies of modules. Because the number of modules without restriction in their license exceeds the ones with restrictions, I'm guessing that the they get the greater degree of consideration. But that raises the question I was alluding to initially; what is the philosophy behind Crosswire's efforts to distribute scripture? Is it to have one 'official' source or more? If the philosophy is to restrict distribution to one 'official' Crosswire site, other sites will be seen as 'bookstores' (and competing ones at that). On the other hand, if the philosophy is to give the modules the widest possible distribution, two things likely need to be established - a process by which mirrors become established as 'official', and support for multiple site management in InstallMgr (as well as other module distribution methods), in which case provision for tracking source repos would be a desirable feature. ~A _______________________________________________ sword-devel mailing list: [email protected] http://www.crosswire.org/mailman/listinfo/sword-devel Instructions to unsubscribe/change your settings at above page
