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On Tuesday 29 April 2003 09:08, Axel Bodemer wrote: |
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> Every Programmer of a Tool/Lib know which Tool/Lib he use or which is |
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> optional. This information in a database enabled a dependency trace in all |
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> directions. And it exist the possibility to de/aktivate a feature (-java) |
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> about a click ;) |
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> So, if a Part must be change, all Tools based on this Part can be change. |
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> Why? Often, I change the kdelib, and other tools like the cdbakeoven |
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> couldn't run, because there missed some functions or constants in the libs. |
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The feature you're asking for is called reverse dependencies, and people are |
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working on it. One problem is that you don't want to rebuild all dependent |
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applications when they still work without rebuilding. Just checking for |
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missing symbols will not work though as plugins also have missing symbols |
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which are allowed to be missing. |
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Paul |
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Paul de Vrieze |
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Researcher |
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Mail: pauldv@××××××.nl |
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Homepage: http://www.cs.kun.nl/~pauldv |