[Harbour] About some readme.txt and tests dirs

[Viktor Szakáts]

>
> > Yes, I agree. I can remove these (except test.txt
> > which is needed by the test program).
>
> Oops I didn't check it. I think it's better to use famous "Lorem
> Ipsum" for text samples.
> Actually it seems a "messy license" text.


I'll do that.


> > For the SVN that is, for a distributed binary package, it would
> > be indeed very good to provide a subdir with all the
> > samples in it:
> > /samples/tests/*.* (from /tests/)
> > /samples/<example dirs>/*.* (from contrib/examples/)
> > /samples/<contrib name>/*.prg (from contrib/*/tests/)
>
> I wouldn't mix binaries and sources.
> F.e. under *nix you normally don't have the rights to create files in
> the install dirs.
> It means that you can't compile there.
>
> I think it's better to provide a zip with all the samples inside.


Yes, probably this is the best.

For Windows installer it can also be made an install time option.


> > I don't know, but last time this file didn't work for me
> > on Windows either (it said it's corrupted). Since the test program
> > is expecting this file to exist, it would be good to change it to
> > create its own test files automatically (possibly a format which
> > is portable).
>
> Is there anyone in charge for odbc? If not I'll check it.


Antonio was, a long time ago.

Brgds,
Viktor
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