I've taken a look at Bake, and I'm liking it so far! As soon as optional dependencies support is added ( https://bugs.launchpad.net/bake/+bug/1105831), I will try to get Files built with it.
2013/9/14 Julien <spautz.jul...@gmail.com> > 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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