Re: [RFC] Header organization of -base & -gui

[David Ayers]

David Ayers wrote:

> Hello Everyone and HEADS UP!
>
> We are about to go through with the Header change in cvs!
>
> gnustep/base      -> GNUstepBase
> gnustep/unicode   -> GNUstepBase/unicode
> gnustep/gui       -> GNUstepGUI
>
> GSXML.h and GSMime.h (previously installed in Foundation)  will move 
> to GNUstepBase
> All GS* GM* IM* headers (previously in AppKit gnustep/gui) will move 
> to GNUstepGUI
>
> The following headers are private to GNUstep and will not be installed 
> any more!
> -base:
> mframe.h
> DistributedObjects.h
> objc-load.h
>
> -back *all* headers in:
> gnustep/art
> gnustep/gsc
> gnustep/win32
> gnustep/lib
> gnustep/x11
> gnustep/xdps
> gnustep/xlib
>
> (This list is still subject to change.  Please see below.)
>
> For all the offical headers -make will create dummy headers in the old 
> location that emit a warning and include the header from the new 
> location, at least until the next stable release.  Please update your 
> projects accordingly.
>
> Projects that currently use -Wall -Werror and include on of the 
> affected headers will break (like cvs ProjectCenter).  Coordinated 
> with the respective maintainers, the projects in the gnustep 
> repository on savannah will be updated shortly.
>
> Also be *very* cautious about the headers currently installed on 
> GNUstepGUI.  Some are meant to be public yet some are only temporarily 
> there due to integration issues with -back.  If in doubt, please ask.
>
> Some details are still being discussed so this might not be the final 
> version.  I will post it as after committing.
Sorry for the delay.  If you really want to kno why the delay, feel free 
to ask privatly, but the short version is... you wouldn't beleive it... :-)

The transition of -base and -gui is done and I'm looking into updating 
the projects on savannah / gnustep accordingly.

Cheers,
David