Страхиња Радић <cont...@strahinja.org> wrote: > The problem of having separate *box executables could be solved by creating > an > "umbrella" *box project, perhaps having sbase, ubase and [insert_letter]base > as > git submodules, and deciding what to build based on the contents of config.mk.
The problem is that sbase and ubase each include a version of libutil, whith some functions which are the same, and some other wich serve the same function but vary in implementation due to version history. git submodules are kinda meh I think for this problem, because it wouldn't change the problem of source code duplication (and of versions drifting apart) between the 2 projects, as libutil is part of both sbase and ubase trees (not mereley the umbrella-box project). I believe we should put what are currently sbase and ubsase in a single git repository, sharing all that is portably sharable, but still separating utilities that are portable from linux-specific ones. I think sbase and ubase should try to provide useful, well-implemented, suckless utilities. If we want POSIX utilities, let's add them! But I don't think we should restrain us from doing that. sbase's sponge and cols is so useful I'm constantly using them, even though I normally use busybox. Regards, Elie Le Vaillant
