From: Nicolas Sebrecht Date: Sat, 05 Feb 2011 15:11:43 GMT Subject: [1.8.0] Re: reorganize the mess that the source tree has become Message-ID: <20110205151143.GA14187@vidovic> In-Reply-To: <1296859660.1255.49.camel@drew-northup.unet.maine.edu> The 04/02/11, Drew Northup wrote: > 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. > 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. -- Nicolas Sebrecht