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[Andy Smith <andyster@xxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks phone, that was a yup to separate repository generally. Small
libraries could sneak in but usually best to separate repo in my opinion.
On Jan 14, 2011 10:05 AM, "Jay Pipes" <jaypipes@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 14, 2011 at 11:28 AM, John Purrier <john@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Another thought, as we envision moving OpenStack forward we will likely
be including code and projects that are not written in Python. Being forward
looking should we structure openstack-common to segment along language
lines?
>
> That wasn't the original intent of openstack-common, but I suppose we
> could adapt it. Generally, though, I've found that open source
> libraries are separated by language. I don't think I've seen a
> packaged open-source library that served two languages. I think for
> other languages (especially bindings), it's better to have them in a
> separate project that can be packaged according to the customs of that
> programming language/platform.
>
> -jay