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  • From: Elisamuel Resto <samuel AT dragonboricua.net>
  • To: sm-discuss AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [SM-Discuss] Code reuse / Guidelines
  • Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2008 21:13:30 -0400

On Thu, 17 Jan 2008 12:26:54 -0800, Eric Sandall wrote:
> Quoting Elisamuel Resto <samuel AT dragonboricua.net>:
> <snip>
> > I agree with your comment about the sections being logical to the
> > user. But the fact
> > of the matter is, while the user doesn't *care* about it, *we* do
> > since we maintain
> > these spells. If one updates the python build functions, we would
> > need to also
> > update any and all spells outside of the section to accomodate...
> > now who is making
> > double workload?
> >
> > There are no set standards, but sensible guidelines on what you
> > should do... if you
> > asked.
> >
> > The thread you referenced to which I saw briefly last year was well
> > discussed, you
> > shuld see the ideas/thoughts of most of our *active* developers back
> > then and I
> > assume those have not changed.
>
> Code re-use is preferred, but by no means the ultimate reason for
> where a spell goes. As usual it is up to whomever is doing the work to
> decide, though it is polite to mention on the ML if they're going to
> be moving files around (which both developers did). :)
>
> As for the user-view, there has been talk (and little work) on
> implementing KEYWORDS so that sections will no longer matter to users.
> See
> https://lists.ibiblio.org/sympa/arc/sm-discuss/2005-April/010346.html
> for the beginning of that thread.
>
> I swear there was a list of keywords to use, but I cannot find it
> anymore. Perhaps I am blind. :)
>
> -sandalle
>

If I recall correctly, I heard from Jaka (lynxlynxlynx) that this was pending
a set
of default keyword names and that most (if not all) of the code was in
sorcery.


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