[OpenLayers-Users] OpenLayers Library Builder

Christopher Schmidt crschmidt at metacarta.com
Tue Sep 16 11:49:00 EDT 2008


On Tue, Sep 16, 2008 at 10:53:03AM -0400, Matthew Atkins wrote:
> Hi List,
> 
> OpenLayers has a nice way to build its library with a Python script and
> being able to specify your own custom configuration file ... but I was
> wondering if there were any plans to make a more automated (and possibly
> visual) way of providing this functionality.
> 
> Not to contrast and compare, but MooTools (http://mootools.net/core) has
> a very neat and convenient way to pick and choose portions of its
> library and "automagically" include the required dependencies and then
> output them to a single file. Would OL be interested in creating
> something similar for customized library distribution?

In general, I'd be supportive if someone wants to build a thing, but
see it as not being a high priority, since our existing tools are likely
sufficient to get things done, just not targeted towards a user.

Regards,
-- 
Christopher Schmidt
MetaCarta



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