[Dev] new toplevel directory

[Mike Taylor]

+1 to the Alec's idea
+1 to PARCELPATH

I could create a quick-build tinderbox for the new directory - I'm 
hesitant to have any source code in the OSAF tree that doesn't run thru 
at least a daily build.

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On Mar 15, 2005, at 3:14 PM, Morgen Sagen wrote:

> +1 for the idea, neutral on the name
>
> If we do go this route, I would suggest that PARCELDIR become 
> PARCELPATH so that it can include a list of directories to use.  That 
> way I could still point at my personal parcel directory and this new 
> 'extensions' directory.
>
> On Mar 15, 2005, at 11:56 AM, Alec Flett wrote:
>
>>  I'd like to propose a new toplevel directory within the chandler 
>> tree.
>>
>>  Originally, I wanted to call it "sdk" or "examples" because I wanted 
>> to place a skeleton parcel there that anyone could easily pull down 
>> and build themselves, without it living in the parcels directory (and 
>> thus being picked up by chandler - you may have already noticed a 
>> "start here" app in parcels/osaf/examples that defines some pretty 
>> goofy Kind's)
>>
>>  But I realized that it might be a nice place for us to put some 
>> work-in-progress parcels, or other sort of sample-apps, without 
>> hooking them into chandler and being tied to a product release or 
>> anything.
>>
>>  So I'd like to propose this new toplevel directory and call it 
>> "extensions" - it would NOT be part of the build process, but it 
>> would be pulled down by CVS. It would be structured in such a way 
>> that you could set PARCELDIR to point to it, and Chandler would pick 
>> up the extensions. If an extension ever became a full-fledged 
>> chandler feature, then we'd move it out of extensions/ and into 
>> parcels/
>>
>>  Let me know if you agree, object, or just have a better name.
>>
>>  Alec
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