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author | Nat Goodspeed <nat@lindenlab.com> | 2018-06-29 17:08:48 -0400 |
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committer | Nat Goodspeed <nat@lindenlab.com> | 2018-06-29 17:08:48 -0400 |
commit | 93ea0d7026dcb7a9aec3bd4f8615eb62da159a02 (patch) | |
tree | fec1c0596995d635c6195a8497f2ae8905f8b808 /doc/contributions.txt | |
parent | cd52724ef8f8a19ebe28c73f39a582b56fb58093 (diff) |
MAINT-8822: Revamp the LLManifest.prefix() calling convention.
The way prefix("path_fragment") or prefix(src="path_fragment") has always
worked is that unless you explicitly specify dst="", it adds "path_fragment"
to the source AND dest prefix stacks!
The most recent refactoring of viewer_manifest.py failed to copy CEF because
it involved prefix(src="../some lengthy path fragment") -- forgetting to
specify dst="" -- which added "../some lengthy path fragment" to the dest
prefix stack -- which put it outside the viewer install staging area
altogether.
Having been bitten too many times by forgetting to add prefix(dst=""), we
remove the necessity. The prefix() src=, build= and dst= prefix stacks are now
completely independent. Add src_dst= keyword argument for when you DO want to
add the same path fragment to both the source and dest prefix stacks.
("Explicit is better than implicit.")
Change all existing calls accordingly.
Now that the build prefix stack no longer tracks the src prefix stack, we were
failing to pick up some things from the build area because NOBODY ever used
build=, relying entirely on src= to point both to stuff in the source tree and
stuff in the build tree. Try to use build= appropriately.
If that proves too confusing, we might eliminate the separate build and
artwork (!) prefix stacks entirely, requiring callers to reset the src stack
explicitly when switching back and forth.
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