Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2001 21:04:25 +0300 From: Ruslan Ermilov <ru@FreeBSD.org> To: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> Cc: arch@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: sysorg: sys/contrib Message-ID: <20010614210425.A86414@sunbay.com> In-Reply-To: <XFMail.010614104807.jhb@FreeBSD.org>; from jhb@FreeBSD.org on Thu, Jun 14, 2001 at 10:48:07AM -0700 References: <20010614084104.D76016@prism.flugsvamp.com> <XFMail.010614104807.jhb@FreeBSD.org>
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On Thu, Jun 14, 2001 at 10:48:07AM -0700, John Baldwin wrote: > > On 14-Jun-01 Jonathan Lemon wrote: > > On Thu, Jun 14, 2001 at 01:07:54PM +0300, Ruslan Ermilov wrote: > >> Hi! > >> > >> There are some problems with the current location of IPFilter sources. > >> > >> 1. The idea of http://people.freebsd.org/~jhb/docs/sysorg.txt was > >> that src/sys/contrib/ mirrors the structure of src/sys/; this is > >> currently broken. src/sys/contrib/ipfilter/netinet/ should have > >> been actually called the src/sys/contrib/netinet/. > > > > I'm ambivalent on this. On one hand, having the additional directory > > level nicely categorizes the nature of the sys/contrib bits in the same > > sense that /src/contrib does, and makes it easier to remove. OTOH, > > this might get messy at some point. > > I can see the value in contrib/ipfilter. sysorg.txt is not set in stone. :) > For 3rd party software, it is better if we let the software keep it's > distributed layout. The intention was that if you had device driver xyz, then > it's sources would be in sys/contrib/dev/xyz/ and under that subdirectory it > would follow the internal layout of the package. If we had a networking > subdirectory, then sys/contrib/net/ipfilter would be the way to go, but since > networking all lives at the top level, sys/contrib/ipfilter is probably fine. > Thus, some examples that might help illustrate: > > sys/contrib/fs/my_spiffs_fs/ > sys/contrib/dev/my_spiffy_device_driver/ > sys/contrib/vm/my_spiffy_vm_pager/ > sys/contrib/my_spiffy_networking_code/ > sys/contrib/my_spiffy_kernel_debugger/ > sys/contrib/compat/3rd_party_foo_os_emulation/ > sys/contrib/lib/my_spiffy_kernel_library/ > sys/contrib/boot/my_spiffy_boot_loader/ > Hmm, clumsy. What if contributed piece FOO has fs/ and lib/ parts? Should they be sys/contrib/FOO/fs/ and sys/contrib/FOO/lib/ or sys/contrib/fs/FOO/ and sys/contrib/lib/FOO/? Cheers, -- Ruslan Ermilov Oracle Developer/DBA, ru@sunbay.com Sunbay Software AG, ru@FreeBSD.org FreeBSD committer, +380.652.512.251 Simferopol, Ukraine http://www.FreeBSD.org The Power To Serve http://www.oracle.com Enabling The Information Age To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message
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