On 2011-02-09, at 13:06, Adam Barth wrote: > On Thu, Dec 23, 2010 at 1:32 PM, Maciej Stachowiak <m...@apple.com> wrote: >> On Dec 22, 2010, at 12:06 PM, Adam Barth wrote: >>> On Wed, Dec 22, 2010 at 10:40 AM, Mark Rowe <mr...@apple.com> wrote: >>>> On 2010-12-22, at 10:34, Adam Barth wrote: >>>>> As an aside, would creating the Sources directory make it easier to >>>>> move WTF out of JavaScriptCore? >>>> >>>> I don't think that the location of the source on disk is a big factor in >>>> WTF's presence in JavaScriptCore. >>> >>> Oh, I thought the main involved in creating a new top-level source >>> directory was the main thing causing WTF to live inside >>> JavaScriptCore. I know we've talked about moving it out of >>> JavaScriptCore for a while now. Is that just a matter of someone >>> (e.g., me) doing the work or are there other limiting factors? >> >> If we switch to a top-level Sources directory, and on the Apple-internal >> side switch to submitting WebKit to the OS build using this single top-level >> sources directory, then it's easy to make new top-level directories without >> disrupting anything. >> >> If we don't do the above, we'd have to set things up so we can submit WTF >> separately to the build to cope, and we'd need to make it build a static >> library and install private headers. >> >> So I think it is easier to make this change if we do the Sources/ change >> first. > > Now that we've moved all the source code into Source, I'd like to try > moving WTF out of JavaScriptCore. Is there anything on the > Apple-internal side that needs to happen first?
Maciej's response above mentions that we need to make some internal process changes before it's easy to add new top-level projects without disrupting things. Unless there's some urgent reason to move WTF I'd prefer that you hold off on doing this. - Mark _______________________________________________ webkit-dev mailing list webkit-dev@lists.webkit.org http://lists.webkit.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/webkit-dev
