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

From: Miles Bader <miles@gnu.org>
Date: Feb 3, 2011, 08:09 UTC
Message-ID: <buo39o535gj.fsf@dhlpc061.dev.necel.com>
In-Reply-To: <alpine.LFD.2.00.1102030036420.12104@xanadu.home>

Nicolas Pitre <nico@fluxnic.net> writes:

>> But just moving the whole existing pile into a subdirectory "because
>> everyone else does it" is not a reason; that's superstition.
>
> There is no superstition here, simply basic elegance.

"basic elegance" is hardly well-defined, and although there are probably issues on which there's general agreement, this doesn't appear to be one of them.

>> Having to type "src/" a lot more often is definitely a downside.
>
> Come on.  This is a rather egocentric argument without much substance.

It certainly has more substance than hand-waving like "basic elegance" though...

Some slightly more concrete arguments have been:

  Pro-src:  Big top-level dir scares newbs
  Anti-src: Extra typing is annoying

I'm not really against a "src/" subdir, but it seems mostly a matter of taste, and I've seen plenty of projects where the src/ directory seemed pretty pointless...

-Miles

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