Re: #58 Mapping Modules to Files

[Frank Strauss <strauss@ibr.cs.tu-bs.de>]

Hi!

David Harrington writes:

David> I think this is two separate requirements with different potentials
David> effects on the community and should be described separately.

David> I have no issue with deciding that there should only be one module per
David> file, or that more than one can be bundled together. (I prefer the
David> single module per file to make updates easier)

David> I am concerned that requiring specific filename formatting may prevent
David> files from being used on some operating systems. I gladly accept that
David> the documents should recommend, but not require, a consistent format for
David> naming mib files. But I would consider it a bad thing to have a compiler
David> refuse to compile a mib because the filename doesn't match the mib name,
David> or whatever.

Ok. Added to the discussion of issue #58.

I prefer not to split up any issue or to change descriptions of issue
so that issue references don't get confused. Let's just keep all
relevant discussions documented in the motivation/discussion sections.

 -frank