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OrbWeaver

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Now that the libraries for Windows in the source tree are getting quite large, I wonder if it would be better to move these into a separate part of the repository so that they could only be downloaded by people who needed them (i.e. Windows users).

 

They could be put in another subdirectory under trunk, e.g /darkradiant/trunk/win32libs, so that they could easily be retrieved without cluttering up the main source tree. I think there is even an "externals" concept in SVN whereby other parts of the repository can be automatically imported on an optional basis.

 

This would obviously add an extra step when checking out under Windows, but I think it would be preferable to making the repository too large (which has other disadvantages besides bandwidth, e.g. the C++ indexing features in Eclipse become quite slow in a very large project).

 

Any thoughts?

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I prefer having a all-in-one repository (I always checkout the trunk/darkradiant folder only, I don't have all the branches checked out), but if it's slowing you down I can see the advantage. Never noticed any slowdowns in Eclipse, but maybe I've gotten used to it. I can't tell whether this is worth the hassle overall though (from a pessimist's view I see newbie questions à la "my DarkRadiant doesn't link, I've checked out all the sources!" cropping up).

 

I can live with either way, so you decide. :)

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