[geos-devel] Include Refactoring

[Paul Ramsey]

Martin Davis wrote:
> I agree with Norman - it seems much cleaner to put all the include
> files into a geos subdirectory.
> 
> Actually, I'm surprised that this concept of installing include files
> into a single common directory even exists.  Surely the directory
> gets ridiculouly massive, and there's huge risk of name collisions?
> Why wouldn't all the src files for GEOS go into single geos
> subdirectory (e.g. the way it's organized on the CVS?)

I cannot give you the "why", I can just tell you "how it is" here in 
UNIX sysadmin land. Sure, include directories (and lib directories) get 
pretty massive and fuddling, which is why package management has become 
all the rage.

> The current way just seems like a Unix version of "DLL hell"....

It's more of a DLL purgatory, since most linking library version 
problems can be solved with a recompilation. Not an option outside of 
the open source world.


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