Re: [1.8.0] reorganize the mess that the source tree has become

Nicolas Pitre [off-list ref] writes:

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But just moving the whole existing pile into a subdirectory "because
everyone else does it" is not a reason; that's superstition.

There is no superstition here, simply basic elegance.

"basic elegance" is hardly well-defined, and although there are probably
issues on which there's general agreement, this doesn't appear to be one
of them.

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Having to type "src/" a lot more often is definitely a downside.

Come on.  This is a rather egocentric argument without much substance.

It certainly has more substance than hand-waving like "basic elegance"
though...

Some slightly more concrete arguments have been:

  Pro-src:  Big top-level dir scares newbs
  Anti-src: Extra typing is annoying

I'm not really against a "src/" subdir, but it seems mostly a matter of
taste, and I've seen plenty of projects where the src/ directory seemed
pretty pointless...

-Miles

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