Hello Jim,
Am 09.12.20 um 15:29 schrieb Jim Jagielski: > Now that I'm thinking about the configure script, I have to admit > that some things really look like they could/should be fixed. > > For example, > > --with-dmake-path > --with-dmake-url > --with-epm > --with-epm-url > > Why does dmake use dmake-path but EPM just use epm? Why 2 directives when > they could be combined? And it's not like we can build without EPM and dmake > anyway... > > --enable-beanshell Enable the use of beanshell. > --with-system-beanshell Use beanshell already on system (default) > --with-beanshell-jar=JARFILE Specify path to jarfile manually > > That's a lot of options that could be combined into 1. > > So I was thinking we just have these 3: > > --with-epm > --with-dmake > --with-beanshell I want to differ whether we build with system version or with separate version like in ext_sources. > > If we wish to disable, then ./configure accepts '--without-*' or --with-*=no. > No magic there. > If left as is, configure looks in $PATH for epm, dmake, and the beanshell > jarfile. If not found, beanshell is disabled and for epm/dmake we fail. > > We also allow the --with-*= to be *either* local paths OR URLs.... > > To make this more clear: > > --with-epm > o Look for EPM on PATH. If it doesn't exist, we try error out > --with-epm=/usr/local/bin/epm > o Use that version > --with-epm=https://foo.bar/fluzz/epm-5.0.0.tar.gz > o download and build (replace --with-epm-url) > > For beanshell and dmake we would have just: > > --with-beanshell > --with-dmake > > which follows the same logic. > > Of course, this will break existing build scripts for 4.2.0 and later, but I > think the disruption is worth it. > > Thoughts? > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org > -- Mechtilde Stehmann ## Apache OpenOffice ## Freie Office Suite für Linux, MacOSX, Windows und OS/2 ## Debian Developer ## PGP encryption welcome ## F0E3 7F3D C87A 4998 2899 39E7 F287 7BBA 141A AD7F
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