Re: When are GITHUB_SUBMODULES really worth having?

[nia <nia%NetBSD.org@localhost>]

On Fri, Sep 13, 2024 at 05:12:27PM +0530, Mayuresh wrote:
> When creating wip/OpenROAD (ongoing) I just followed the suit of other
> package managers, including FreeBSD ports by adding packages like OpenSTA
> and abc as GITHUB_SUBMODULES.
> 
> But I realized, making them separate wip packages was really much more
> modular and convenient, taking out some unnecessary complexity and time of
> developing the parent package.
> 
> Wonder if there are any guidelines about when to use GITHUB_SUBMODULES as
> against making submodules a separate package. Could such guidelines be
> added to the documentation?

When the dependency has unstable API or no formal releases.