Re: AdaGPGME (was Re: GnuPG binding?)

[Georg Bauhaus <sb463ba@d2-hrz.uni-duisburg.de>]

Preben Randhol <randhol+abuse@pvv.org> wrote:
: Georg Bauhaus wrote:
:>  And provide good
:> linking, which is the art of hypertext. Don't be lazy here,
:> it helps us all, and reduces load on google :-)
: 
: Yes I have the same reservations as you to sourceforge.net etc...
: However WWW is a *net*work, but lately it is more *work* than net to
: find the pages you want. Goggle and others gives so much noise when you
: search. So register your software at places like www.freshmeat.net
: and www.yahoo.com so it is easier to find it.

This conclusion seems a bit less careful than it could be, to me.
On the one hand Google establishes useful links between texts,
and software "registries" might offer a good overview.

However, compare setting up a software related web site to organizing
your latest Ada project into packages.

- You might find that a hierarchy is useful (subdirectories and child
  packages, nesting).
- You can't do really well without some prose, formal or informal.
- You can make things private.
- You can have a number of tasks.

Now how do you set up coupling between your modules? Whichever way,
will you think about the links between the program parts?
Is this a good thing? (I think Robert Eachus has told us something
about this subject recently.)
Are there external programs that will play a role?

So on the other hand (google and software "registries" on the one hand),
if you think about
your web site like you think about your software with respect to
links, then this may give your readers more useful cross references
than are currently implied in a Google etc result listing.

Now think about the transitive closure of good hyperlinks.