[Bug 1422555] Review Request: arduino-ctags - A mix of ctags and anjuta-tags for the perfect C++ ctags
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1422555
--- Comment #6 from Gianluca Sforna <giallu(a)gmail.com> ---
Apparently the "file" command returns the same info both for executables and
for shared libraries. However, this is indeed an executable, as you can verify
by running it with --help option.
Now, this executable is actually a fork of exuberant ctags (also in Fedora) so
I could not put it in %{_bindir} or I'd conflict with the ctags RPM. Besides,
even if it can be used by humans, the tool generates an index (or tag) file of
language objects found in source files that allows these items to be quickly
and easily located by a text editor or other utility; so the normal usage is by
means of other tools.
However, this particular fork is intended to be used _exclusively_ by Arduino;
think of this like a plugin or addon, as reflected by the namespacing (it's
arduino-ctags, not just ctags).
We could argue whether it could be a good idea to encourage the Arduino guys to
push their changes upstream (I think so) but right now I am just focusing on
having a working Arduino update with all the required tools in place.
Lastly, while I think it is possible to move the tool away from the current
installation directory, that means additional work to patch the main arduino
IDE package in order to let it find the new location. Since no other tool is
(and probably never will) using it, I can hardly justify the additional
complexity.
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