Re: Squid-2.5.STABLE3 todo

On Sat, 2003-05-10 at 19:40, Henrik Nordstrom wrote:
> On 10 May 2003, Robert Collins wrote:
>
> > So, what I'm suggesting would be:
> >
> > squid3 module - as it is today, with the helpers and errors directories
> > cvs deleted.
> > errors module - contains the errors subtree.
> > helpers modules - contains the helpers subtree.
>
> And what would the benefit of such reorganisation be, if all uses must use
> the main module anyway as the module cannot be built separately? (well,
> the errors module can in theory be used separately, but why?)

Potential benefits (not given by the separation, but enabled by it).

* Decoupled releases for helpers. (Release updates when fixes occur).
* Ditto for errors.
* Syncronised patch management - apply to helpers/HEAD and tag for 2.5
and 3.0 syncronously.
* Start making some of the monolithic package a little more modular: we
could make the errors and helpers subprojects and have them built
optionally. (Regarding the dependent libraries - they too could be split
out)

Rob

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