Re: [Help-smalltalk] [patch] imply file by filein in package.xml, usually

[Paolo Bonzini]

> > The best thing would be to add fileins automatically to either <file> or 
> > <built-file> using something like
> >
> >     <filein dist="yes|no">
>
> The extra verbosity would greatly reduce the benefit of implying
> anything versus just specifying <built-file> explicitly, e.g.:

Sorry.  I was not clear.  In my proposal there would be four possibilities:

    <filein>foo</filein>
    <filein dist="no">foo</filein>
    <file>foo</file>
    <built-file>foo</file>

where the first two imply <file> and <built-file> respectively. 
Furthermore, the first one would be equivalent to

    <filein dist="yes">foo</filein>

> In addition, this flag would close off other types of packaged files.  I
> am not sure what those would be, but dare not limit the domain to that
> of my imagination at this late hour.  :)

That is fixed by choosing a different attribute (e.g. type="built" vs. 
type="dist").

Note that I'm not against <filein> implying <file> by default, also 
because every <filein> must be in practice a <file> or a <built-file>. 
I'm against the way you specify that this default should be overridden.

Paolo