[dev] Pear package.xml files

[Jan Schneider]

Zitat von Mike Cochrane <mike at graftonhall.co.nz>:

>
> Hi all,
>
> I've started playing around with the package.xml files for packagaing up
> some
> parts of horde.
>
> I'm just wondering about where to store and how to name the xml files.
> Currently
> they are store in the folder for that library and called package.xml.
> This is
> fine for the libraries that have folders. Including files from the libs
> folder
> is a bit messy with this solution though.
>
> What i would like to do is have the xml files located in the libs folder
> and
> called library.xml. eg /horde/lib/VFS.xml or Cipher.xml.
> Benifits I see:
>  - Easier to include the base library file, no install-as required.
>  - Easier to include tests from the tests folder.
>  - Allows for classes that don't have a subfolder eg String
>  - All packages can be repackaged easily (eg in dos: for %a in (*.xml) do
> pear
> package %a)
>
> The pear packager is not worries what the name of the xml files is.

This would have been my only concern, thus...

> Comments / Questions?

... good idea.

Jan.

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