Modularization development notes [was Re: RFA sent to the ArchWG]

[Shawn Starr]

On April 14, 2005 19:01, Kevin E Martin wrote:
> 
>
> This is what I was trying to explain in the "Autotooling the modules"
> section of my devel notes.  The idea is that we will use as much of the
> autotooling from xlibs, xapps, xserver, and Debrix as possible.  I hope
> that we can use it all, which will get us close to where we want to be,
> but we should examine what has been done and ask those involved if they
> have figured out better ways to autotool the code since they did the
> work or if they have learned lessons that we should make sure not to
> repeat.  Basically, I don't want to recreate the wheel nor do I want to
> repeat the mistakes of the past.

Yes, we can reuse most if not all of the DebriX autoconf/automake stuff. It 
may need tweaking for other platforms. But it does work.

It would also serious put us in good shape if we did.

Shawn.