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Re: Library, Bundle or ...
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Philippe Roussel |
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Re: Library, Bundle or ... |
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Fri, 5 Jan 2007 21:59:33 +0100 |
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On Fri, Jan 05, 2007 at 08:42:37PM +0100, Chris B. Vetter wrote:
> On 1/5/07, Philippe Roussel <p.o.roussel@free.fr> wrote:
> >What is a Bundle exactly ?
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> See the explanation at http://wiki.gnustep.org/index.php/Category:Bundles :
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> A bundle is a structured directory tree in which the executables and
> resources of a product are packaged as a single entity.
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> Technically, that makes an application or a framework a bundle as well.
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> The way I see it, a bundle is (somewhat) similar to a plug-in, adding
> functionality to an application at runtime.
> Contrary to a library, an application is linked against.
Ok so I'll probably go for the traditional library and see how it
turns out. Bundles could be used later to add different storage
backends I guess.
Anyway, thanks a lot Chris
Philippe
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