From: George Spelvin <linux@horizon.com>
Date: Wed, 02 Feb 2011 02:29:09 GMT
Subject: Re: [1.8.0] reorganize the mess that the source tree has become
Message-ID: <20110202022909.30644.qmail@science.horizon.com>

For what it's worth, I don't see the "cleanup".

If it significantly reduced the size of the largest directory,
that would be a win.  But moving everything into src/ doesn't
do that.

If there's a way to divide the source into cohesive subunits, that
would be great.  A programmer could ignore whole subdirectories
when working on something.

But just moving the whole existing pile into a subdirectory "because
everyone else does it" is not a reason; that's superstition.

Having to type "src/" a lot more often is definitely a downside.

Heck, that's one thing I actively dislike about GNU autoconf conventions.

If there's a compelling reason to change, could someone please describe it?