[dev] [commits] Horde-Hatchery branch master updated. d3fcd5cdd11ada51d44c03fccd529ba9beed543d

[Michael Rubinsky]

Quoting Jan Schneider <jan at horde.org>:

> Zitat von Chuck Hagenbuch <chuck at horde.org>:
>
>> Quoting Jan Schneider <jan at horde.org>:
>>
>>> Let's simply keep the VCS structure completely out of the  
>>> discussion. I think everyone is fine about how we organize it out,  
>>> and it only complicates the discussion.
>>
>> Okay. This works for me.
>>
>>> Let's only talk about how we expect Horde to be installed in the  
>>> future. And it shouldn't matter whether it's being installed  
>>> through individual tarballs, PEAR, or groupware bundles.
>>> The longer we talk about it and the more complications arise and  
>>> the more loops we seem to have to jump through to make horde/ work  
>>> *next* to the application directories, the less I think it's worth  
>>> it.
>>>
>>> Recapping the pros and cons of both solutions, this is what I  
>>> think about them:
>>>
>>> Live in separate dirs
>>> ---------------------
>>> + The way our repo is stored => doesn't matter
>>> + Maximum flexibility for admins => that they never will use
>>> - Extra config needed to determine paths (can this be automated by  
>>> installer?) => not true
>>> + Simplify some maintenance/building scripts => that already work  
>>> fine with the current structure
>>> + Better compatibility with distribution packages => distributions  
>>> will always do their own stuff anyway, no matter what we do
>>>
>>> So, if we were about to vote, I'd say: let's leave it like it is  
>>> today, it worked in the past and the reasons for changing the  
>>> layout are rather weak IMO.
>>
>> As long as we're willing to evolve as our app structure changes,  
>> this is fine with me.
>
> I'm not sure what you mean with this. Of course this structure is  
> not set in stone for all eternity. But I'd like to reach a consensus  
> for H4 now, so that we can move along.

FWIW, I don't have a very strong opinion about this, but I do lean  
towards, by default, keeping the installed applications under /horde.  
As Jan said, I just don't see a strong enough argument for changing it.

Thanks,
mike

--
The Horde Project (www.horde.org)
mrubinsk at horde.org

"Time just hates me. That's why it made me an adult." - Josh Joplin