[cvsnt] Problems with ampersand modules

[John Hall]

On 30 July 2003 16:29, Tony Hoyle <tmh at nodomain.org> wrote:

> I've actually considered deleting the modules stuff completely because
> at the moment it's more trouble than it's worth - i have over 20 test
> cases now and that all work correctly, but every couple of days
> someone comes up with another way of breaking it.  Modules would be
> far simpler specified by something like:
> 
> proj:
>   proj1=internal/proj1
>   utils/common/common1=internal/utils/common1
>   utils/common/common2=internal/utils/common2
> 
> Which (I think) specifies exactly the same data as the modules file in
> the bug report but in half the lines (and less than half the code).

I think this would be a great idea. I find the current scheme horribly
unintuitive and non-straightforward.

Regards,
John