[kepler-dev] SVG file in Kepler

[Chad Berkley]

go for it.  options 2 is just as good.

Matthew Brooke wrote:
> 
>  > Just for the record, I support the idea of splitting the repository
> 
> ACTION TIME!!
> 
> Here are the 2 options:
> 
> 1) adding a top-level 'dev' directory directly beneath 'kepler' but 
> above src, lib and all the other dirs, like this:
> 
> kepler/dev/src,lib,etc(everything except docs)
> kepler/docs/...
> 
> *however* - if my understanding is correct, this will necessitate 
> changes to the ant build file(s) and changes to the project setup of 
> everyone using eclipse, jbuilder or other IDE's.
> 
> 2) Leave the kepler repository as is, and pull out the docs into a 
> different repository (kepler-docs). No build/dev environment changes 
> would be necessary
> 
> 
> In summary, I don't feel strongly either way, *but* I am personally 
> volunteering to carry out option (2) immediately, without any further 
> humming and hawing and generally procrastinating, since it is easy and 
> quick to do, and would solve our problems.
> 
> If the majority of people want option (1) instead, then can someone 
> please step up to the plate and do it, before things get further out of 
> hand?
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> m
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Dan Higgins wrote:
> 
>>Just for the record, I support the idea of splitting the repository
>>
>>Dan
>>
>>Chad Berkley wrote:
>>
>>
>>>I noticed this too.  I think I proposed this months ago, but i'll do 
>>>it again...I think the repository should be split like this:
>>>
>>>kepler/dev
>>>kepler/docs
>>>
>>>All of the stuff you need to compile/run kepler would be in dev.  All 
>>>the extraneous stuff would be in docs.  Then you could do a 'cvs co 
>>>kepler/dev' and be a happy camper.
>>>
>>>chad
>>>
>>>Dan Higgins wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>Hi All,
>>>>    I just checked out a new copy of the head of Kepler CVS and 
>>>>wondered why it seemed to take longer than in the past.
>>>>
>>>>    One reason appears to be that we now have ~ 60 MB of SVG files! 
>>>>(in kepler\docs\dev\usability\graphics\svg\). This is the same size 
>>>>as the jar directory which has our huge collection of jars needed for 
>>>>Kepler!
>>>>
>>>>    Apparently, the SVG files are just the new icons suggested by 
>>>>Laura. But why are they so big? (about 500KB each). I thought vector 
>>>>graphic files were supposed to be compact. Are we going to ship all 
>>>>these with Kepler? Can we put them somewhere other than CVS so we 
>>>>don't have to copy them with every checkout?
>>>>
>>>>Dan
>>>>
>>
>>
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