On Wed, Apr 24, 2013 at 1:36 AM, janI <j...@apache.org> wrote:
> On 24 April 2013 09:45, Oliver-Rainer Wittmann <orwittm...@googlemail.com
> >wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> >
> > On 23.04.2013 22:58, Kay Schenk wrote:
> >
> >> In my search to find out more about resource files (.src), I came across
> >> the old Tools information on the web server, and specifically the
> project
> >> dependency chart:
> >>
> >> http://www.openoffice.org/**tools/project_dependencies.png<
> http://www.openoffice.org/tools/project_dependencies.png>
> >>
> >> Is this still valid?
> >>
> >>
> > I do not think that it is still 100% valid.
> > It contains modules neon and berkeleydb which had been removed during our
> > IP clearance work.
> >
> > But for a broader view about the module dependencies it can be used.
> > Such a dependency graph can only be a snapshot on a certain revision or
> > release.
> >
> > A dependency graph could be build using the information in the files
> > <module>/prj/build.lst. The first text line contains the modules on which
> > <module> depends on. The build process uses this information to figure
> out
> > which module needs to build first. But be aware, there might be missing
> the
> > one or the other dependency, because it is not needed for the build
> process.
> > Deeper investigation/evaluation of the makefiles would also reveal
> > dependency information.
> > But there are also dependencies which are not express in the makefiles or
> > the <build.lst> files. For example, certain modules depend on
> > default_images - it contains icons and images for the UI -, but this
> > dependency is not explicitly mentioned.
> >
> I can only agree with the statement that some dependencies is missing.
> During the changed of localize.pl to genLang, I have seen quite a number
> of
> strange things (and written it on my list).
>
> When I get some air, I will start the build project by updating the
> dependency chart...we need that to see if we can modularize parts of main.
>
> rgds
> Jan I.
>
Thanks to all for the feedback. I do think a current layout would be MOST
helpful to developers, and for our makefile retooling.
>
> >
> >
> > Best regards, Oliver.
> >
> >
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