Re: group modules into subdirectories

[Bruno Haible]

Paul Eggert wrote:
> Like others, I like the idea of grouping but I'm afraid the initial
> group proposal didn't sound that felicitous.
> 
> > The expected benefit is that
> >   1) that people looking for a particular function and whether gnulib
> >      support it can find it immediately, without grepping the repository
> >      or the MODULES.html file,
> 
> I don't see this as much of a benefit.  As gnulib grows, people will
> inevitably use indexes and searches as their first and favorite way to
> find stuff.  If I'm trying to find something in an unfamiliar area
> (FreeBSD sources, for example), I am inevitably frustrated by trying
> to look at the directory hierarchy

Agreed. The purpose I had in mind can also / better be achieved through
another search index, that takes the POSIX header files and functions as
key.

My proposal amounted to pick a particular search criterion (among many)
and trying to map it to the filesystem. This is not good.

I'll realize the additional indexes as HTML producing scripts. Not sure
whether inside MODULES.html.sh or outside...

Bruno