This is a repost... the other thread won't open anymore.I have the following changes planned -- this is more of an infrastructure issue, it won't affect gameplay at all. However,
virtually every source file would be affected, and any active developers will need to
delete their local CVS repository and check it out again.Anyone who is actively working on something will need to check their changes in soon. I will tag the currently checked in stuff before I begin, so it's OK if you check in non-working code... I'll post more info about this.
This is very non-sexy stuff, so I doubt anyone will get too excited about it
Here is what I want to do:
- rename all the directories to all-lower case (not an issue with Windows, but it's a PITA for unix)
- change all the #include lines to have the path of the header file (e.g., #include "graphics/2d.h" The reason for this is to clean things up, especially the god-awful compiler command line (it will eliminate all the /D options). BTW, the forward slash directory separator works for both unix and windows in the #include lines, so that's what we'll use.
I have a Perl script that will do both :D I considered doing this before initially checking the files in, but didn't... now I'm regretting that decision :doh: We'll be tweaking the CVS repository directly for the directory rename (this is know as a "CVS hack") rather than deleting and re-adding it, hence the somewhat drastic requirement that everyone clobber their local copies. Hopefully we'll never need to do this again...
I tentatively have this planned for
Wednesday evening US/EDT (31 July) -- the wife and kids are going to the in-laws in WV for a week or so, so I'll have plenty of free time on my hands :nod: :D ;7
The next phase will be to eliminate all the unused #defines and #ifdefs throughout the code which no longer have any relevance (INTERPLAYQA, PRESS_TOUR_BUILD, etc.), but that will come later, and shouldn't affect anyone's progress.
Like I said, not very sexy... but it will help us move forward with a cleaner code base.
Feel free to voice any concerns here (as if I needed to say that...) :)
