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pandoc-extras / pandocpm

Manage the install/update/uninstall of packages

https://pandoc-extras.github.io/pandocpm/

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Formula structure #6

Closed ickc closed 7 years ago

ickc commented 7 years ago

Split off from #2, particularly this post:

Proposed structure

/packages/filters/myfilter.yaml
/packages/filters/anotherfilter.yaml
/packages/templates/sometemplate.yaml
/packages/csl/somecsl.yaml
/packages/style/somestyle.yaml

ickc commented 7 years ago

Comments:

the root packages/ folder seems unnecessary.
we could potentially opt for a flat structure, like homebrew-cask's.
- For:
  - Since the info of the kind of package is in the formula
- Against:
  - for our limited use, managing an extra folder hierarchy is simple
  - easier when browsing and editing by humans
If we forego an index file (see #7), we probably need to clone all formulae locally, say, to $DATADIR/pandocpm.

sergiocorreia commented 7 years ago

Agree that the packages folder seems unnecesary
There are some disadvantages with a flat structure. EG if I click on the link you mentioned, I get "Sorry, we had to truncate this directory to 1,000 files. 2,519 entries were omitted from the list.". On top of that, there are filesystem slowdowns related with having many files in the same folder.

ickc commented 7 years ago

So let's use the proposed structure minus the root packages/ folder.