Why?

[Paolo Invernizzi]

On Thursday, 4 April 2024 at 12:33:58 UTC, Richard (Rikki) Andrew 
Cattermole wrote:
>
> On 05/04/2024 1:27 AM, Paolo Invernizzi wrote:
>> On Thursday, 4 April 2024 at 11:10:04 UTC, Richard (Rikki) 
>> Andrew Cattermole wrote:
>>> [...]
>> 
>> Aren't 'di' sources the target solution for library API? 
>> What's the problem in distributing a zip or tar?
>> 
>> In C++ you usually have a specific "include" directory with 
>> all you need, what's the burden in doing a zip with the shared 
>> library binary and the 'di' directories?
>> 
>> /P
>
> You can and probably will still zip them up.
>
> Getting the number of files down makes it a bit easier to work 
> with when moving them around or using it.
>
> I may like the idea of it, but not enough to be arguing for it, 
> so my main concern is making sure Walter isn't simplifying it 
> down to a point where we will have issues with it.
>
> I.e. recommending the spec should be a little more complicated 
> than what the code he has written so far (my improved spec): 
> https://gist.github.com/rikkimax/d75bdd1cb9eb9aa7bacb532b69ed398c

Package manager should take care of moving files around following 
a given configuration, not users.

Let the package manager be cool enough to handle the specific 
problem that SAR files are supposed to solve.