Difference between revisions of "Building a roof over src"

Revision as of 11:38, 9 March 2010

What change is being proposed?

Move src to sim-recon/src

Consequences?

Instead of

svn checkout https://halldsvn.jlab.org/trunk/src

making a directory "src" in the local directory, we would do a

svn checkout https://halldsvn.jlab.org/trunk/sim-recon

making a directory "sim-recon" that contains a "src" directory.

Advantages

1. everyone would have a directory with a standard name
2. the tree itself would have a standard name, e. g. "first you check-out sim-recon"
3. related: "src" is non-descriptive
   • every package in the known world has a "src" directory
   • there are other packages under trunk with descriptive names
4. allows a more descriptive tag, e. g. sim-recon-2010-04-01
   • like root_5.25.02
5. provides a natural home for "helper" directories, e. g., BMS, doc

Disadvantages?

1. Not what we are used to; will cause some amount confusion.
2. Work will have to be done.

Questions?

1. If not now, then when?
2. Should HALLD_HOME, HALLD_MY be renamed?

What about the name?

"sim-recon" is illustrative, could also be

• halld (as in HALLD_HOME)
• gluex
• valparaiso
• lawrenceville
• newport-gnus
• etc.