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Re: Flatten sysdeps/unix/bsd/bsd4.4 into sysdeps/unix/bsd
On Fri, 27 Jul 2012, Roland McGrath wrote:
> As I said when I introduced Implies-after, I don't think we should have any
> more uses of it. Instead, we should get to the real work of revamping the
> sysdeps directory selection process thoroughly.
As a practical matter of making incremental progress on simplifying the
directory structure so it's easier to understand what the possibilities
are for any revamp, it would seem better in that case to change how
missing directories are handled so Thomas's patch isn't needed, or to
leave a README behind in an otherwise empty bsd4.4 directory (or to leave
some other file behind, but that seems worse).
(Actually I think use of Implies-after is the better incremental state: if
there are multiple use cases for orderings that can only now be achieved
through Implies-after, it's much better for understanding the current
state and the requirements for any new system that those use cases be
directly visible through use of Implies-after than that they be
implemented in a more obscure way because it was once thought that only
one configuration had such a use case.)
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Joseph S. Myers
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