[plt-dev] Re: [plt-translators] Translations for test engine

The explanation happened at the wrong level. Time to bring in Shriram  
and throw this problem at Alloy. Or something like that :-)


On Apr 27, 2009, at 6:53 AM, Eli Barzilay wrote:

> On Apr 27, Michael Sperber wrote:
>>
>> Eli Barzilay <eli at barzilay.org> writes:
>>
>>> * This is in iplt/build/distribution-specs.
>>
>> The problem is that this documents the specs *as they are*, rather
>> than as you'd like to see them.  How would it have helped me figure
>> out there's a problem?
>
> By the fact that it's added to the `dr' distribution -- that implies
> that drscheme depends on it.  BTW, the part for packages is pretty
> simple -- the main mess is in the overall rules for the system.
> (Initially I even thought about putting package specific rules in the
> packages info files or some other meta-file local to the package
> directory.)
>
>
>>> * Yes, there is a dependency now, this is bad -- but making it
>>>   worse is not a good idea.
>>
>> Then maybe the test-engine needs to split in two parts: One that
>> knows about DrScheme (and which can have translations), and one that
>> doesn't.  It seems Kathy has already catered to that scenario the
>> way the modules in collects/test-engine are organized.
>
> * Yes, such splits are good -- but I basically get zero help from
>   package authors.  (I've stopped trying to do that, so I just email
>   when I see something obvious.)
>
> * The files that are in the `dr' distribution are files that drscheme
>   depends on, not the other way (otherwise they'd move to the `plt'
>   distribution).
>
>
>>> (You can see this by the fact that
>>>   "test-engine" appears in dr-extras instead of plt-extras)
>>
>> A comment might help idle readers like me figure out that you
>> consider this undesirable.
>
> I tried to explain it several times, I don't think that anyone
> remembers.  (This also applies to having `mr' and `dr' distros when
> they're not really being built.)
>
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