On Mar 6, 9:08 am, Yarko Tymciurak <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 6, 2009 at 9:00 AM, mdipierro <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > the Makefile is only for building binaries. I do not expect users to
> > run the Makefile.
>
> > I am against using a version control system that forces me to change
> > the code (put empty files in empty folders) because they cannot handle
> > empty folders.
>
> Without agreeing or disagreeing - revision systems thru history did NOT
> track directories (there are interesting arguments all over this) - so
> strictly from a strength of logical position, this is weak - the
> counterpoint being "a system that fails when something null fails to exist
> (e.g. an empty directory) is not robust enough (other things could clean
> out empty directories).
>
> Having said that - I think there is no stronger argument one way or the
> other - the strongest is: this is the way it is, and there is no reason at
> this point to change.
>
> The robustness argument is general, and should enter into looking at
> anything new created: "how does this behave in some reasonable but
> exceptional condition?"
>
> Enuff fun for a Friday.
>
> It is how it is, and that's that! ;-)
>
> Yarko
>
>
>
> > Massimo
>
> > On Mar 6, 8:23 am, BigBaaadBob <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > On Mar 5, 9:44 am, Yarko Tymciurak <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > > The repository (git or otherwise - whoever maintains it) --- should
> > have a
> > > > placeholder to hold empty directories.
>
> > > If the authoritative repository doesn't anchor these directories then
> > > you force other mirrors to be different to anchor these directories.
> > > I don't think that is a good approach.
>
> > > I personally think a better approach is to either have web2py
> > > automatically create directories it needs or to have the Makefile do
> > > it.
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