Re: Proposed /src/core directory

Alex Rousskov wrote:
> On Sun, 2008-12-21 at 20:10 +0000, wiki_at_wiki.squid-cache.org wrote:
>
>> The following page has been changed by AdrianChadd:
>> http://wiki.squid-cache.org/Features/SourceLayout?action=diff&rev1=38&rev2=39
>>
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> || || '''Group''' || '''Definition''' || '''Files''' ||
>> || || ''acl/'' || Access Controls || ACL* external_acl.* ||
>> || {2} || ''auth/'' || Authentication support || auth/* ||
>> + || {3} || ''core/'' || Core stuff which hasn't been further broken apart || ? ||
>> || || ''comm/'' || I/O subsystem || Comm*, comm* ||
>> || || ''store/'' || generic (fs-agnostic) disk and memory cache support? || Store* store* ||
>> || || ''http/'' || HTTP primitives shared by client, server, and ICAP sides || Http* ||
>
>
> There are two problems with this addition:
>
> 1) The directory name should not be "core". That name is treated
> specially in some environments. I have tried that directory name in the
> past and ran into problems with makefiles, archival tools, etc. I ended
> up using "base" in other projects, but there may be better alternatives.

+2 on using "base" for now. Though I'm actually expecting a better name
can be found.

>
> 2) The definition may imply that this directory will accumulate stuff
> that has not been broken apart _yet_. That implication would be wrong.
> The base directory should only contain code that we do not expect to
> isolate into a more specific directory. Very few and very basic things
> should go there.
>
> Stuff that we have not isolated yet should remain where it is, IMO.

+3.

Amos

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