A self-contained pseudo-dynamic xo library

[Benj. Mako Hill]

<quote who="Michael Stone" date="Thu, Mar 13, 2008 at 05:35:35AM -0400">
> In order to demonstrate that our that our bundles really don't require
> require post-install hooks in order to function, I decided to attack the
> "dynamic library" problem in its simplest possible form.
> 
> In the end, I wound up rebasing the Mako's make_index.py script on top
> of Ivan's webserver (which is very quick!) and using the combination
> as a wrapper around Browse's activity component. 

I had a very similar solution (in functionality at least) that I helped
put together with Ian Bicking and that was in Joyride builds in the very
early days of Update.1 preparation. It was motivated by the desire to
address the types of issues we were having now.

It was excluded from Update.1 due to undiscussed issues associated with
including a dynamic webserver. I helped SJ draft a document
rationalizing the need for a dynamic solution -- although perhaps the
recent troubles we've had have made the need more acute and more
obvious to people.

I've been an advocate of this for quite a while and have no strong
feelings about which solution we use. I only have process questions
about how and when this code can go live.

On a more practical note, I can certainly help you with several of those
bugs.

Regards,
Mako


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Benjamin Mako Hill
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http://mako.cc/

Creativity can be a social contribution, but only in so far
as society is free to use the results. --GNU Manifesto
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