Re[6]: Frameworks localized 'components'

[Manuel Guesdon]

On Thu, 13 Jun 2002 13:36:00 +0100 (BST) Nicola Pero <address@hidden> wrote:
 >| You then do
 >| 
 >| xxx_RESOURCE_DIRS = MyDir
 >| xxx_RESOURCE_FILES = MyDir/README
 >| 
 >| the first one creates MyDir, the second one copies only the file
 >| MyDir/README.
 >| 

OK. Understood.

 >| SUBPROJECTS are really aggregate projects.  xxx_SUBPROJECTS are
 >| subprojects.  They do different things.
 >| 
 >| Aggregate projects are composed of standalone projects (frameworks,
 >| bundles, applications, etc).  Subprojects are not - they only hold files
 >| which are compiled together, ready to be linked into the main project.
 >| 
 >| I think I wrote long explanations on the mailing list in the past, so if
 >| my short explanation has confused you please search the archives.

Understood too.As I mainly use dyn libs I haven't thought about subprojects 
which generate only static lib.


 >| > OK. A little note, I think the we should allow non existing resources for 
 >some languages because we may have some
 >| > resources localized only for italien but not for french, for example. 
 >This case will occur if we need
 >| localization of
 >| > GNUstepWeb components only for size problems on some languages.
 >| 
 >| Ok - I agree we should allow non existing resources.
 >| 
 >| You should get a warning :-) but not an error - that is, you are warned,
 >| but build is succesful (maybe this was not exactly so in all cases before
 >| my recent changes, but now it should be this way).

I agree. 


 >| >  >| when that's done, using the code in gswapp.make and gswbundle.make, 
 >and
 >| >  >| simplifying them dramatically by dropping all the custom code there 
 >which
 >| >  >| does the same.
 >| > 
 >| > I'm not sure someone still using gswbundle.make . Personnaly, I've 
 >switched to frameworks :-)
 >| 
 >| Ok - you could switch to bundle.make as well I suppose ?

Yes, I think so.

All this seems well thought !

Manuel


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