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11aad23e80 Declare the documentation's structure in a source file
src/documentation.cpp is the documentation loading source: it carries no
code and names each document that the generated reference contains, in
order, by page label. The labels are declared on each markdown file's
first heading. The build configuration lists the files as Doxygen inputs
and nothing more, so the structure of the documentation and the
mechanics of generating it are separate.

The hand-maintained document index at the end of OVERVIEW.md is gone,
along with the last references to markdown files by filename in the
public header. The document list exists in one place.

The docs target clears its output and scratch directories on every run.
Doxygen keeps output files it judges unchanged, so a run over a
populated scratch directory carried pages forward from earlier ones, and
removed sections survived in the generated HTML and PDF after their
source was edited.
2026-08-15 21:26:00 -04:00
cafdeefa11 Describe dpm_module_execute as the entry point, not the whole surface
A module's reported version is consumed: a calling module reads it
through dpm_module_info_of and decides from it whether to issue a
command. Calling dpm_module_execute the module's entire functional
surface contradicted that.

dpm_module_execute is the only entry through which a module performs
work. dpm_module_version and dpm_module_description are what it reports
about itself, read at load and served to consumers, and the contract
page in the public header now says so.
2026-08-15 20:51:44 -04:00
99173d27ea Title-case every page and section heading
DPM is public-facing, and its headings read as titles: capitalized
throughout, with articles, conjunctions, and short prepositions left
lowercase in the middle.

Applies to the markdown documents and to the Doxygen page and section
titles in the public header, so the generated reference matches. One
prose cross-reference in DESIGN.md follows the section it names.
2026-08-15 20:49:29 -04:00
38bd9314cc Release version 1.0.0; keep generated documentation source-derived
The project version moves to 1.0.0, which the library soname, the
reported version, the test expectations, and the generated document
filename all derive from. SOVERSION now matches the major version.

The generated reference is built from the source and its documentation
comments alone. Prose from docs/ was briefly part of the input and is
removed: development notes are written and read on their own, and a
generator that reproduces them adds nothing. The reference opens on a
front page declared in the public header, followed by the module
contract.

One target builds it. Both PDF and HTML are produced by default, the
finished documents land in the build tree under docs/pdf and docs/html,
and the generators work in docs/tmp.

The internal namespace is dpm_core, matching the artifact name as
closely as a C++ identifier permits.
2026-08-15 20:45:47 -04:00
1cd79e79f3 Documentation generation produces consumable output in one command
Building the docs target now generates the reference and leaves finished
documents in the build tree's docs directory: pdf/ holds the compiled
PDF, html/ holds the browsable reference when that format is enabled.
Doxygen and LaTeX work under docs/tmp/, which clean removes along with
the rest of the tree.

The reference has a front page and a structure. The markdown documents
in docs/ are part of the input, OVERVIEW.md becomes the landing page,
and the rest follow as chapters ahead of the namespace, class, and file
reference. The module contract, previously a plain comment block
invisible to Doxygen, is a page in its own right.

Struct and enum members throughout the headers carry documentation, on
their own lines above what they describe.
2026-08-15 20:19:26 -04:00
17acad2b02 Modules determine their own compatibility with the library
A module is built against the system-installed libdpm-core.so and is
responsible for being correct against it. Where it needs to act on the
version it is running under, dpm_core_version() reports that and the
module decides for itself.

dpm_module_core_min() is removed. It was a declaration handed to the
library to enforce on the module's behalf, and enforcement of that kind
belongs nowhere in a library that routes and hosts. The contract is now
three reserved symbols and load validation is two steps: the reserved
symbols resolve, and the version and description probes return
well-formed values.

compare_versions had no remaining caller and is removed; parse_version
stays for the well-formedness probe. The core_too_new fixture went with
the handshake it existed to exercise.
2026-08-15 04:21:58 -04:00
97b39cac6c Route all module interaction through dispatch
A module is addressed by name and command string, and nothing else.
Typed API access handed a caller a pointer into the callee's function
table, which meant compiling against that module's struct layout — a
build-time dependency between modules that the design does not permit.
Removing it also removes the manifest, the table magic constant, and
the table size field, which existed only to describe and validate
those tables.

Load validation is now three steps: reserved contract symbols resolve,
the minimum-version handshake passes, and the version and description
probes return well-formed values. The contract is four reserved
symbols, and a module's interface is the command vocabulary it
documents.

Documentation is brought in line, and artifacts are named exactly:
libdpm-core.so for the library, <dpm/core.h> for the header, the dpm
binary for the command-line tool.
2026-08-15 02:15:18 -04:00
267529bee3 Drop the append-only versioning doctrine; document the version script
Module APIs and the library's exported ABI are versioned and retired
deliberately: a break ships as a new table version or a new symbol
version node, and consumers judge the versions they are handed.

Document src/libdpm-core.map — what it pins, what belongs in it, and
how a generation is retired — and declare DPM_CORE_0.1 as the shape
the next retired node takes.
2026-08-14 02:42:55 -04:00
298f4d5afe Drop the invented layer taxonomy from OVERVIEW.md
The overview had been restructured around a named three-layer model —
user, developer, filesystem — that was never part of the design. The
underlying point stands: a reader must be able to tell whether a given
statement applies to them, and a code-level symbol must never appear in
prose without saying whose vantage point it belongs to.

Sections are now named for the reader they address rather than for a
tier: "Running the dpm binary", "Writing a program against libdpm-core",
"What DPM reads and writes on disk". The remaining uses of "layer" are
the capability-growth layers the design already defines.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-08-10 00:48:47 -04:00
c41adc2498 Move version compatibility to the consumer; name libdpm-core explicitly
dpm_require no longer takes a minimum version and applies no version
criterion of its own. A handle now means the module is valid, not that
it suits the caller. dpm_module_info_of is added alongside it, reporting
the name, version, description, and minimum-libdpm-core version read at
load, so a consuming module can judge a dependency's version for itself.
The one rule still enforced is the minimum-version handshake, where
libdpm-core is the host and refuses a module that demands a newer library
than the one running.

dpm_module_info_of joins the version script, so the exported surface is
now fourteen symbols under DPM_CORE_1.0.

Separately, the bare word "core" is gone from prose everywhere. It named
both the command-line tool and the library, so every use forced the
reader to guess which. Text now says "the dpm binary" or "libdpm-core".
Identifiers keep their spelling: libdpm-core, core.h, core.conf, the
"core" configuration namespace, dpm_core_version, core_min, DPM_CORE_1.0,
the dpmcore namespace, test_core, core_api.

Three user-visible strings changed with it: the load-refusal message now
reads "requires libdpm-core >= X, running libdpm-core is Y — update
libdpm-core", and the info module's description and help text name the
library. The test asserting on the refusal text was updated to match.

DESIGN.md's terminology line no longer defines "DPM Core" as the CLI,
which was the source of the ambiguity. OVERVIEW.md is restructured around
the three layers a reader meets DPM at — user, developer, filesystem —
so a code-level symbol never appears without saying whose layer it is.
MODULES.md describes the bundled info module as testing and demonstrating
full DPM system functionality rather than as a reference implementation.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-08-10 00:38:21 -04:00
da35fe4758 Fix clean target, correct build docs, add overview and docs guide
clean was deleting the generated build system along with the artifacts —
CMakeCache.txt, the makefiles, CMakeFiles/, the CMake file API directory,
and the CTest configuration. That left the build directory unconfigured
after every clean, so an IDE reading its target list from the file API
lost every target until the project was reloaded. clean now removes only
what the build produced.

Also writes CTest's scratch directory into DartConfiguration.tcl so a bare
ctest and IDE test discovery use it too, not just build-driven runs.

BUILD.md no longer lists libdl as a dependency; glibc 2.34 merged it into
libc, so nothing links against it. The code-reference section moves to its
own DOCUMENTATION.md.

The fixture config logged at ERROR while the info module emits its output
at INFO, so the CLI invocation BUILD.md documents exited 0 and printed
nothing. The fixture now logs at INFO and the documented command works as
written.

OVERVIEW.md describes what DPM is, how core routes and validates modules,
and why the architecture takes the shape it does.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-08-09 23:57:38 -04:00
19cf285cb7 Initial commit: DPM core library, CLI, bundled info module, and tests 2026-08-09 18:00:05 -04:00