Re: It's not Rust, it's FreeBSD (and LLVM)

On Wed, Sep 11, 2024, 2:49 AM Alexander Leidinger <Alexander@leidinger.net>
wrote:

> Am 2024-09-10 21:41, schrieb Olivier Certner:
> >> IMO it doesn't hurt to move the toolchain out of src (...)
> >>
> >> (...) I would not want to move everything to ports (...), but I would
> >> not
> >> mind having a ports-like approach for src (...)
> >
> > To clarify and be sure we are on the same page, I also don't mind what
> > you describe *provided* there is appropriate tooling to easily:
> > - Get all the code part of base, and not only for building it.
> > - Navigate its history, both for code changes but also integration in
> > base for upstream projects (upstream history is nice, but not enough).
> >
> > In other words, I insist on having the same ease of use that we have
> > today with everything in a single repository.  Being able to just build
> > base *is not enough*.  Else, moving things to ports is going to cause
> > important pain for several use cases such as code inspection and
> > auditing, collaborative maintenance of code moved to ports,
> > understanding why/whether some changes have impact on some components,
> > system consistency, etc.
>
> I consider src, ports, and docs as separate repos, not as one repo (we
> can branch them separately, that's the point of distinction for me).
> With that POV I do not think it is pragmatic to have the toolchain in
> the same repo. I understand that it's convenient and less painful, and
> pragmatic in regards to what you have mentioned, to keep it within a
> repo in our control (like now, just in parallel to ports/src/doc).
>

And if we had it separate, we could also play the submodule game. I'm
hesitant to do that with 3rd party repos, but for one we control it could
give us the best of both worlds...  too bad submodules have so many rough
edges... but a small number, well controlled with appropriate automation
could have a high useful to painful ratio.

Warner


> Bye,
> Alexander.
>
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