[webkit-dev] More thoughts on cleaning up the root directory

[Zoltan Herczeg]

Like it. I only have a few questions:

* Where would the build (WebKitBuild) directory would go? Perhaps a Build/
would fit in the root directory.
* Some manual-tests belong to the regression tests, and some are belong to
the performance test. Would be good to separate them.
* I think the build related files could go to Sources/ (no need an extra
level)

Regards,
Zoltan

> Here's a snapshot of my current thinking on where the files and
> folders currently in the top-level directory might go.
>
> There are a bunch of build-system related files that are currently in
> the root.  I'm not sure whether we should leave them in there or move
> them into Sources somewhere.  I'm tempted to put them into Sources so
> that Sources is self-contained package of all the stuff you need to
> build WebKit.  That said, having a top-level Makefile that kicks off
> the whole process also seems reasonable.
>
> Examples/
> PerformanceTests/
>   PageLoad/ (was PageLoadTests)
>   SunSpider/
>   HTMLParser/ (was WebCore/benchmarks/parser)
> RegressionTests/ (was LayoutTests)
>   manual/ (was WebCore/manual-tests)
> Sources/
>   automake/
>   cmake/
>   JavaScriptCore/
>   JavaScriptGlue/
>   Platform/ (was WebCore/platform)
>   WebCore/
>   WebKit/
>   WebKit2/
>   WTF/ (was JavaScriptCore/wtf)
>   ThirdParty/
>     ANGLE/
>     + Contents WebKitLibraries
> Tools/
> Websites/
> .gitattributes
> .gitignore
> ChangeLog
> Makefile
> Makefile.shared
>
> == UNSURE ==
> autogen.sh
> Android.mk
> common.pri
> cmakeconfig.h.cmake
> CMakeLists.txt
> configure.ac
> GNUmakefile.am
> wscript
> DerivedSources.pro
> WebKit.pri
> WebKit.pro
>
> In this layout, I haven't merged PerformanceTests and RegressionTests
> for two reasons.  First, the natural name, Tests, conflicts with
> tab-completing Tools.  Second, folks so commonly access the current
> LayoutTests directory that it seems a bit inefficient to place it
> another level lower in the directory hierarchy.
>
> Comments welcome, of course.  :)
>
> Adam
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