Mail Archives: geda-user/2015/09/12/18:16:33
On Sep 12, 2015, at 3:44 PM, Britton Kerin (britton DOT kerin AT gmail DOT com) [via geda-user AT delorie DOT com] <geda-user AT delorie DOT com> wrote:
> On Sat, Sep 12, 2015 at 12:08 PM, John Doty <jpd AT noqsi DOT com> wrote:
>>
>> On Sep 12, 2015, at 12:55 PM, John Griessen <john AT ecosensory DOT com> wrote:
>>
>>> On 09/12/2015 11:53 AM, John Doty wrote:
>>>> On Sep 12, 2015, at 10:25 AM, John Griessen<john AT ecosensory DOT com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>> On 09/12/2015 10:51 AM, John Doty wrote:
>>>>>>>> Test cases are important, but I don’t think it’s necessary to have add-on modules maintained with the core sources in order to test them together.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Why? Roland made a clear case for that.
>>>> Successful projects like Python keep core and add-ons separate.
>>>
>>> We don't have enough people to act like the python project.
>>
>> There are 51 megabytes of contributions from 83 contributors on gedasymbols.org. We’re *already* acting like the Python project, except we’re pretending we aren’t.
>
> And gedasymbols is not well used, or well-tested, or particularly
> accessible to the uninitiated.
We could certainly do better.
> It great to separate things into
> modules but there's no point in not storing and distributing them
> together with the core distribution.
I think many would find a 50 MB distribution a bit much. Simply distributing a mixed bag of stuff with the core will not relieve confusion. I also see the success of the core/addon approach in other projects. It helps interface discipline when they are kept separate.
John Doty Noqsi Aerospace, Ltd.
http://www.noqsi.com/
jpd AT noqsi DOT com
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