Re: [BLACKBOX] Grouped or separate CPC modules?

From: [at]} <Wojtek>
Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2012 20:18:55 -0500

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Doug:

  it was more than five years ago. Do not be cruel. I do not quite
remember how exactly I got hold of Robert's modules.

I suggest to use the power of HTML and provide a separate HTML page with a
more detailed description than the short one under each topic.

W.

> W,
> So that would mean that the posting (description) on the CPC website
> under each topic would need to be sufficiently enticing. Is that
> what you
> are saying? You said "reading Robert's documents". Where did you
> get
> those documents. Were they after you downloaded and unpacked the
> files
> or were they from some other source?
>
> By the way, I have full module documentation for each of the My
> modules but
> one sees those only after one has downloaded and unpacked the files.
>
> -Doug
>
>
> On 1/10/2012 4:33 PM, Wojtek Skulski wrote: Doug: I would
> say that a comprehensive description of what these procedures are
> doing is perhaps more important than the means of delivery. If I know
> what is in there, and I determine from the description that I need
> it, then I will find a way to dig it out. But if I only know that
> "there is lots of perhaps interesting stuff in there", then I will
> not bother unpacking, whether it is easy or not. I vividly remember
> reading Robert's documents on Lib. Once I knew what was there, I went
> all the way to get the content. I knew that the installation
> difficulties did not matter. Whichever was the packing, I wanted the
> modules. W. Folks,
> Helmut and I are having a discussion about the best way to
> distribute software on CPC. Specifically about the 'My'
> subsystem. Helmut wants to put all modules belonging to 'My'
> into a single Quick-Start file but I feel that is not quite
> right since there will be many modules within 'My' but a user
> may not want all of those modules at any one time. For
> example, MyFiles and MyObjects are unrelated so that including
> both in a distribution for someone who only wants one of them
> put unnecessary software on the their machine. However, having
> a single encoded file containing all 'My' modules is convenient
> and easy to install whereas having many separate installations
> may make it more difficult to keep software in synch when there
> are modifications. So we throw out the question to the
> community and ask: "What is your preference? Grouped or
> separate?" -Doug Danforth ---- To unsubscribe, send a
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