I know that Robert also has built bake with the intention of having it work from a GUI IDE as well as with the intention of having it integrate into launchpad. He has an excellent track record if that means anything :)
Best Regards, Daniel Foré elementaryos.org On Sat, Sep 14, 2013 at 5:08 PM, Julien <spautz.jul...@gmail.com> wrote: > I haven't used waf yet, do you know of any good resources? > From what I've seen after a quick web search it seems to be just as > verbose as cmake or even make. The point of bake is that it is so > stupidly simple to use, and also has special support for vala. > It makes things like installing desktop files or gsettings schemas just > a matter of assigning them to a variable, while it still has support > for custom rules in the style of make, so you can also do more complex > stuff. > On Sun, Sep 15, 2013 at 1:50 AM, 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 >>> >>>
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