[1.8.0] Re: reorganize the mess that the source tree has become

From: Nicolas Sebrecht <nicolas.s.dev@gmx.fr>
Date: Feb 5, 2011, 15:11 UTC
Message-ID: <20110205151143.GA14187@vidovic>
In-Reply-To: <1296859660.1255.49.camel@drew-northup.unet.maine.edu>

The 04/02/11, Drew Northup wrote:

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> Having once upon a time (in CVS days) taken over a project that was
> neatly organized into tons of folders I can say that more folders is not
> always better.
> If you are organizing things into modules by folders, and those things
> are mutually exclusive pre-compilation then doing so may make sense. If
> the folders ADD value to the project by adding organization--as opposed
> to hiding disorganization--then they may have value.

This _is_ what we are talking about. Not tons of folders or whathever you might think.

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> destructive things
>                                                       killed that first
> project
>                            project       exploded with a fury resembling
> a religious confrontation.                  see that happen to Git
>                see that project die                  you exasperate
> enough of the core developers

Read again. I'm pretty sure this was not your goal but this almostly looks like FUD to me. So, I don't think I'll involve to more discussion in this subthread.

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Nicolas Sebrecht