Changed directory layout

[Norman Feske]

Hello,

just as a quick notice, the new directory layout has reached the master
branch. So now seems to be a good time for applying the new directory
layout to topic branches by rebasing them to the new master branch. If
you have trouble doing this, please don't hesitate to ask for assistance.

The documentation at genode.org still refers to the old directory
layout. It will be updated with the next release by the end of May.

Regards,
Norman

On 05/07/2014 04:02 PM, Martin Stein wrote:
> I was able to update my current in-fly-branches (1126*, 1139*) to the
> change without much trouble.
> Merely one easy conflict and some manual squashes for new files.
> No concerns from my side.
> 
> Martin
> 
> On 07.05.2014 12:06, Norman Feske wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> as discussed in the issue "Source-code package management" [1], I
>> changed the directory layout of Genode's source tree in the staging
>> branch [2].
>>
>> [1] https://github.com/genodelabs/genode/issues/1082
>> [2] https://github.com/genodelabs/genode/tree/staging
>>
>> All source-code repositories that formerly resided at the top level of
>> the tree have been moved to the 'repos/' subdirectory.
>>
>> Changing the top-level directory layout raises the question of how to
>> rebase existing topic branches on top of the new version. Fortunately,
>> at least in a few cherry-picking experiments I did, git dealt very well
>> with the situation. Still, we should pay special care with merging topic
>> branches into mainline now.
>>
>> The new source-tree layout has the nice benefit that I could make the
>> BUILD_DIR argument of the create_builddir tool optional. If no BUILD_DIR
>> argument is supplied, the tool will create the build directory at
>> '<genode-dir>/build/<platform>'. It would be worthwhile to revisit our
>> documentation to simplify the steps to create build directories.
>>
>> I hope the transition to the new new directory layout will be free of
>> major trouble. If you have strong concerns, now (as the patch is not yet
>> in the master branch) is the time to raise them. ;-)
>>
>> Cheers
>> Norman


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