Re: [binarycloud-dev] Er, am I still complaining???

[Alex B. <en...@tu...>]

> First of all, you're not BC bashing by any means, and I think a bunch of us
> on the list probably appreciate the example situations in which BC
> will/does/or could operate. I agree that it is necessary that administration
> services make our lives as web site developers easier when utilizing a
> solution like BC that make redundant tasks unecessary.

Exactly!

> Personally, I don't really like the idea of multiple instances of BC as they
> will be duping the same utilities, however, I don't like the idea of complex
> dir trees for simple sites either, with a template here and a module there
> in seemingly unrelated directories. So, I thought it might be possible to
> implement a more-user-friendly (or was it a more perfect union??) schema.
> Whereas the dir tree for BC _as it stands_ has been engineered for various
> reasons, it doesn't quite fit with a comfortable administration structure,
> could a front end be built for administering the sites that hides the
> complexities behind the scenes?

I disagree - the directory structure that you have to actually deal with on
a daily basis is fairly simple:

conf/  db/  htdocs/  lang/  lib/  mod/  roles/  tmpl/

and you can afford not to pay attention to half even of those.

so, to support many sites, we need to be able to have the make system and
Init recognize that there may be multiple, named user trees.

> I could be fooling myself with this suggestion, but have always found that
> even though many projects are mission critical, the future is so very
> unforetold with software it helps to take the time and make administration
> easier, even if it takes more time to code up.

Agreed. I'd like to do that after the system has stopped moving.

> I could volunteer to work on this type of thing, unfortunately I haven't
> even come close to getting BC2 installed. I gave up my last linux box a
> month ago to fun full speed on my current development, which I'll tell about
> in my next email for its peculiar attributes with relation to BC2.

Cool :)

_a


--
alex black, ceo
en...@tu...

the turing studio, inc.
http://www.turingstudio.com

vox+510.666.0074
fax+510.666.0093