[Xastir-dev] Topic: Supported Platforms, Xastir-NG

[Curt, WE7U]

On Mon, 16 Jun 2008, Tom Russo wrote:

> >    Tom: Must we all use the same UML tools?
> 
> I can't answer that, but I'm thinking it'd probably be best.  That way we 
> can have a single format for the saved project files, and all be able to
> work on them in a configuration-managed way (CVS, SVN, or whatever).  Also,
> the different tools will produce something different if used to generate
> code.

Rgr.  I'll defer to others on the choice.  I assume Tom won't want
any tool that's dependent on Java?


> I doubt everyone's going to want to have to learn the tools.

Big roger on that.  I figure two to four at the most.  I'm willing
to learn what I can.  I have a UML book sitting on my lap right now.


> I'd like to agree with the very reasonable suggestion of adding some 
> dependence on BOOST (which is not vendor-specific, and is very portable).
> Several of Boost's features (for example, reference-counted pointers)
> are things that we should definitely have on our radar.

I saw a nice regex library there too...


> I would like to suggest that we back away at this early stage from a 
> commitment to a client/server design decision, until such time as requirements
> and use cases point to it as the clear implementation path.

I'm willing to back away from the client/server model:  That was
born of lost of experience with Xastir over the years and
determining in my head what might work better.

If UML Diagrams & Use Cases can decide one way or the other what
structural organization works best, that's more objective than a few
aging brain cells.

Your examples of other possibilities were ones I hadn't thought of
in the Xastir context, but they'd sure be useful for other
developers, post-Xastir.


> Also, "add a layer between the daemon and the database" isn't exactly how
> I'd phrase it.  I'd prefer to think of it as "encapsulating implementation
> details of the database."

Six of one, half a dozen of the other.  I know what's meant by
either phrasing.  Don't much matter to me which to use.  ;-)

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