On Mon, Apr 07, 2014 at 01:49:52PM +0200, Thomas Schwinge wrote: > If there is agreement, despite my comment b), that it'd be beneficial to > merge the current "external" translators into the Hurd core repository's > master branch, if this substantially makes any workflows easier, then I'm > fine with accepting this. There is, I guess, no need to make our lives > harder, for some abstract (?) benefits, just for the elegance of > explicitly modularized system architecture?
Grouping translators together along with the Hurd libraries and build system makes the life of developers a lot easier. It reduces the overhead related to build system settings, and it also reduces the likeliness of mistakes. It really is the pragmatic approach, and IMO, it strongly beats the apparent advantages of separate repositories. >From experience, on this project or others, I've never actually seen or felt in any way any of these advantages in practice, but I've hit the issues many times... -- Richard Braun
