RE: [Plib-devel] PLIB 'Neat stuff' library

[Dave M. <dp...@ef...>]

> Yes - although changing the present structure is a pain because CVS won't
> let you delete directories.
>

*pain* is the right word. i feel like we must be missing something.
do other projects just *live* with this problem as well?
or can we just email somebody at sourceforge and get him to take care of it

> Hence we are somewhat stuck with 'src' for the PLIB sources and 
> 'examples' and
> 'doc' for the examples and documentation.  I don't have a problem with
> adding 'apps' and 'auxlibs' for the applications and auxiliary libraries.
> 
> Perhaps 'tools' would be better than 'apps' if we are talking 
> about viewers,
> players, convertors and such like.
>

ok. so we add 'tools' and 'auxlibs'.

auxlibs/ssg_sky
auxlibs/ssg_particles
tools/ssg_viewer
etc...

just don't let me add the folder in windoze. :) lol

> When we come to make a release though - I'd like to bundle the 
> aux libraries
> in with the main PLIB libraries so that people who just want to 
> install PLIB
> in order to get a game running don't have to download and install a dozen
> separate components.
> 
> Minimising dependencies is VERY important.
>

makes sense.

> Examples and tools/applications that are not going to be needed 
> by 'Joe Public'
> should be distributed separately to keep the file size to a 
> minimum though. Only
> developers ever need those things - and developers are 
> increasingly becoming a
> minority as PLIB gets more popular.
>

really? the plib-users mailing list doesn't get much traffic

--Dave