[ros-dev] Git Migration: The documentation, rossubsys and wallpapers directories

[Colin Finck]

Hi all!

As you know, we have to give up our "modules" directory concept when 
switching to Git, because Git doesn't support checking out an arbitrary 
directory into a subdirectory of a Git clone.
Therefore, the first commit to the migrated repository will make the 
"reactos" directory the new root and move "rosapps" and
"rostests" 
permanently into "modules". We can then introduce an environment 
variable/CMake variable/something else to enable or disable building of 
them on demand (suggestions are welcome!)

But what will happen to the remaining directories in /trunk, namely 
"documentation", "rossubsys", and "wallpapers"?

* Commits to "documentation" never had a relation to "reactos"
commits, 
so nothing is lost if we put that directory into a separate repo 
"documentation.git" and remove all traces to it from the history of 
"reactos.git". I'd go this way if there are no objections.

* I don't get the idea of that "rossubsys" directory created in 2014.. 
These subsystems are all stubs, never built with modern ReactOS, and no 
work has happened since "reviving" them. I would just go and remove them 
again. You can always find them in our repository history.

* The "wallpapers" directory is a harder candidate.
On the one hand, we don't want to bloat our ReactOS builds by including 
wallpapers in every build. Also the number of wallpapers may increase in 
the future, which could bloat the "reactos.git" repo even more.
On the other hand, the wallpapers have always accompanied our release 
branches, so there is a value of having them tracked next to our code.

I could put them in a separate repository "wallpapers.git" now and 
remove all traces to them in the "reactos.git" repo. But then again, how 
are they picked up by the build process in the future if we can't check 
them out into a subdirectory of "modules"?
Another alternative is moving them to "modules/wallpapers_disabled". 
Then they are not picked up by the build process until they are renamed 
to "modules/wallpapers" for releases.

What are your opinions on this?


Cheers,

Colin