[PD-dev] svn:externals, pd-extended, SVN and the goal of it all

[IOhannes m zmoelnig]

Hans-Christoph Steiner wrote:
> Hey,
> 
> So what should be the core mission of the pure-data repository?  It  
> looks like it is time to have that discussion again.  I see it as a  
> gathering of code and docs that are intended to be built using a  
> common build system (aka Pd-extended build system).

for me, the sourceforge project is still the place where the main 
development is meant to happen, rather than focusing on a common build 
system.

unfortunately the two ideas often do not go together so well, esp. when 
some new developments break the main build process - because they are, 
well, under development.

in my opinion, the versioning system was introduced to do code 
development rather than just accumulate all available libraries. for the 
latter, a simple ftp server would have been sufficient.
also, it would have been a good idea to not have so many contributors 
added to the project, as each of them could potentially do development;-)

if these two sides cannot live together happily, i think it would be 
better to split the project into 2 seaparate ones: a project for 
development of the package, and a project (or several thereof) for the 
actual development of externals,...

a probably good example is the "pd-overlay" sf-project, that aims at 
creating a distribution package of various pd versions (pd, pdx, netpd) 
without actually touching the development side of these things. instead 
it is solely concentrating on creating the package.



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