Nicolas Pitre <nico@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes: >> But just moving the whole existing pile into a subdirectory "because >> everyone else does it" is not a reason; that's superstition. > > There is no superstition here, simply basic elegance. "basic elegance" is hardly well-defined, and although there are probably issues on which there's general agreement, this doesn't appear to be one of them. >> Having to type "src/" a lot more often is definitely a downside. > > Come on. This is a rather egocentric argument without much substance. It certainly has more substance than hand-waving like "basic elegance" though... Some slightly more concrete arguments have been: Pro-src: Big top-level dir scares newbs Anti-src: Extra typing is annoying I'm not really against a "src/" subdir, but it seems mostly a matter of taste, and I've seen plenty of projects where the src/ directory seemed pretty pointless... -Miles -- Politics, n. A strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. The conduct of public affairs for private advantage. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html