"Debian considers Waf problematic due to being binary-distributed On Windows its pkg-config handling leaves to be desired" https://bugs.launchpad.net/midori/+bug/1211909
On Sat, Sep 14, 2013 at 6:50 PM, Daniele S. <oppifjel...@gmail.com> wrote: > There are a lot of build system out there. This one seems cool and clean > but it's probably too bleeding edge. I suggest you to take a look at waf. > Lots of project are switching to it. > > Daniele > Il giorno 15/set/2013 01:08, "Julien" <spautz.jul...@gmail.com> ha > scritto: > >> Hey guys, >> >> I've lately been toying with a relatively recent build system called * >> bake*. It was created and is maintained by Robert Ancell and you can >> find the source code here: https://launchpad.net/bake. >> >> There isn't much documentation out there, but the manual will teach you >> most important things: https://answers.launchpad.net/bake/+faq/2172 >> >> $ bzr branch lp:bake >> $ cd bake >> $ yelp help >> >> So if you're like me and have no idea about cmake, bake might be the >> perfect alternative. It is *very* simple and requires practically no >> boiler code (unlike cmake). It would also be easier for new developers to >> set up their own projects. >> >> I'm pretty sure you want to see some actual implementation, so here it is: >> >> https://code.launchpad.net/~julien-spautz/cable/bake >> >> If you look at the diffs ( >> http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~julien-spautz/cable/bake/revision/137) you'll >> see that I added a few Recipe files, containing all the information bake >> needs, and at the same time got rid of all that cmake ugliness. Since Cable >> uses the same cmake template as the official elementary apps, this should >> work just as well with any other elementary app. >> >> If you want to try it yourself, here are some instructions: >> >> First install bake: >> >> $ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:bake-team/releases >> $ sudo apt-get update >> $ sudo apt-get install bake >> >> Now get my branch: >> >> $ bzr branch lp:~julien-spautz/cable/bake >> $ cd bake >> >> So far so good. Now let's build (make sure you have all the deps, you'll >> find them in /src/Recipe): >> >> $ bake >> >> There should now be an executable in src/ and one in tests/. >> How about cleaning up again? >> >> $ bake clean >> >> Installing? >> >> $ sudo bake install >> >> Running unit tests? (I know you all enjoy those TDD threads) >> >> $ bake test >> >> Creating a .deb package? >> >> $ bake release-deb (might take a while) >> >> If you're not in love yet I really don't know... >> >> I'll try to convert some other elementary apps to bake in the future, but >> I don't think it'll be very difficult. The biggest downside of bake is of >> course that it is still relatively new and therefore lacks complete >> documentation and tutorials and probably still has some important bugs. >> Otherwise I see no reason not to switch at some point in the future, be it >> for Isis, or Isis + 1 (but not later, srsly). >> >> What are your opinions? Has anyone else had any experience with it? >> >> -- >> Julien Spautz >> >> >> >> -- >> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~elementary-dev-community >> Post to : elementary-dev-community@lists.launchpad.net >> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~elementary-dev-community >> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >> >> > -- > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~elementary-dev-community > Post to : elementary-dev-community@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~elementary-dev-community > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > > -- Cody Garver
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