[oe] rename files dirs

Dr. Michael Lauer mickey at vanille-media.de
Tue Aug 17 09:38:11 UTC 2010


Am 17.08.2010 um 10:55 schrieb Koen Kooi:

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> On 17-08-10 10:39, Dr. Michael Lauer wrote:
>>> Currently lots of our patches reside in a directory called files.
>>> Somewhere in the past koen explained me that that is not really proper
>>> (and I agree with them).
>> 
>> I disagree with that. In fact I'd rather suggest the other way, which
>> is: Put them all into files/ unless you have a compelling reason not to,
>> i.e. the moment one patch does not apply any longer to all versions of
>> the recipes; then it should be moved to PN-PV directory.
> 
> What's wrong with putting those patches in PN/ instead of files/? Having
> them in files/ significantly threatens all efforts to clean up the
> recipes/ structure :(

I didn't say it's wrong, but rather that the workflow I presented
feels more natural to me. I can live with putting them all in PN.

Cheers,

:M:





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