[csw-maintainers] Use of java folder

[Dagobert Michelsen]

Hi Phil,

Am 02.02.2009 um 12:07 schrieb Philip Brown:
> On Mon, Feb 02, 2009 at 09:22:07AM +0100, Dagobert Michelsen wrote:
>> Am 01.02.2009 um 22:58 schrieb Philip Brown:
>>> I thought "GAR v2" was supposed to have a flat namespace?
>>
>> Well, it is more like the namespace structure is now independent of  
>> the
>> category. The namespace is mostly flat, but you can have subdirs  
>> and put
>> the packages in there also - GAR doesn't care. So if it is suitable  
>> you
>> can use directories in any way that fits.
>
> This is not good. by saying that, you make the uniform namespace,
> non-uniform again.
>
> the whole point of a flat namespace, is that for any software package
> [xyzsoft]
> you would know EXACTLY where in the gar tree to go build it from.
>
> eg:
>
> "go do a 'make' in
>
> [GARROOT]/x/xyzsoft"

It may be used for grouping similar items together, like for
cpan/, where the directory name is exactly the module name in CPAN.
I just said that it *may* be used with directories, but we are
free to stick to a flat namespace by convention.


Best regards

   -- Dago