sub-module support

[John D. Mitchell]

On 10/7/07, Mark A. Flacy <mflacy at verizon.net> wrote:
[...]
> > You'll have to manage the sets/collections of the modules regardless
> > of what approach you take.  So, I'm still unclear on exactly what
> > feature the submodules support buys you.
>
> The same thing build-configs provided for gnu Arch.
> http://www.gnuarch.org/gnuarchwiki/Using_build-configs
>
> I'm not clear why that's not clear to you.

Ugh.  Clearly I'm being too subtle today.  My apologies.

I'm clear on what such features do an do not buy *me*.

The issue is that many,many people see a feature and think that *they*
"need" it even though they are unclear about what their needs (for it)
actually are.

Analogous to the security saying, "What's your threat model?", I'm
(trying to be) asking "What, specifically, is the problem that these
solve for you that is not solved using e.g., multiple, separate
repositories?"

Thanks,
John