Module Development Collaboration

VCS options

• Git
• Git + SparkleShare/dvcs-autosync
• SVN

Directory structure

ROOT/modtype/language/module/formats/

• sword-modules
  • comments
  • genbook
  • lexdict
  • texts
    • en
    • fr
    • es
    • de
      • GerLuther
      • GerElberfelder
        • orig -- source docs from publisher/author
        • docs -- documentation, correspondence with pubs/authors, permission letters, etc.

        • sword -- compiled Sword module
        • gobible -- compiled GoBible module
        • epub -- EPUB for publishing to ebooks

        • osis -- OSIS docs for osis2mod or sharing with publisher/3rd parties
        • thml -- ThML for import to GoBible?
        • usfm -- USFM for sharing with author or as an intermediate step in conversion
        • usx -- USX for sharing with author or as an intermediate step in conversion

Contents of "module" directory

Scripts

The module directory (e.g. GerElberfelder above) would contain all module-specific scripts necessary for converting source files to modules and other output formats. So general purpose scripts like usfm2osis.pl would not appear here, instead being installed at some system-wide location outside the sword-modules tree.

ChangeLog

Following the approximate lead of Sword SVN, keep a ChangeLog for each module in the format:

[date in ISO 8601 format: yyyy-mm-dd]\t[contributor name <contributor email>] \t[comments]

Makefile

Let's use either GNU make for running scripts or possibly something more platform-independent like a Python or Perl script that calls other scripts. Ideally, we should be able to issue commands like:

make clean     (delete all output & intermediate format files)
make all       (make all supported targets: Sword/OSIS/EPUB/ThML/USFM/...)
make sword     (make Sword module plus any necessary intermediate formats, e.g. USFM & OSIS)
make epub      (make EPUB module plus any necessary intermediate formats)