Hi Pete, the change from 2.49 to 2.5x is quite big, now blender can install files in /usr/shared, home directory is layout is different, python 3.1 etc. Id expect the port would need non-trivial updates for 2.5x irrespective of build system.
Arch linux's package also will need updating, since there are spec files for FreeBSD and Arch available I don't think its a big deal. On Mon, Jan 17, 2011 at 3:39 AM, pete larabell <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Campbell, > > How would getting rid of Makefiles affect Blender's ability to exist in the > FreeBSD ports tree? Currently the tree uses make. I use cmake on FreeBSD to > build all the time without trouble, and haven't built Blender from the ports > tree since 2.49 was new. BUT, I would be a little sad to see Blender be > forever removed from the ports tree. :( > > That being said, if the BF finds it better for the overall good of Blender, > I'm for it. > > Cheers, > Pete > > p.s. - Jaevixa says "Hi!" > > > On Sun, Jan 16, 2011 at 3:31 PM, Campbell Barton <[email protected]>wrote: > >> to summarize reasons to kick nan-makefiles. >> >> - people downloading the source will see a makefile and type "make" >> thinking they will get a build. (Make on linux is currently broken for >> me, apparently its broken on mac too). >> - threaded builds error out, make -j6 quits almost instantly (lots of >> people have multi-cpus these days). >> - its slow >> - no active developers use it (afaik) >> - it blocks cmake's in source builds. >> - its Unix only, where CMake & SCons are cross platform. >> >> For those who find the cmake's makefiles too verbose. >> ./build_files/cmake/example_scripts/make_quiet.sh >> >> For those who used 'make quicky' >> ./build_files/cmake/example_scripts/make_quicky.py >> >> - Campbell >> >> On Sun, Jan 16, 2011 at 8:20 PM, Aurel W. <[email protected]> wrote: >> > Hi, >> > >> > some might say, that more available ways for building blender, might >> > solve some problems on unusual platforms and systems. I currently use >> > blender on rather strange systems (like clusters), very old enterprise >> > linux distributions, etc. >> > >> > But I would have never made use of makefiles, even when i run into >> > problems with cmake or scons. I can't think of any important reasons, >> > not to maintain them any longer. >> > >> > However, having some choices when it comes to the build system is >> > great. So at the moment it would be great to still maintain cmake and >> > also scons and not to support just a single one. >> > >> > aurel >> > >> > >> > On 16 January 2011 19:51, Ton Roosendaal <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Hi all, >> >> >> >> I already gave up on Makefiles for OSX a month ago or so... it was >> >> giving me inpredictable instable builds, and trying to figure out why >> >> I gave up after a day. >> >> >> >> It seems to me it's still used by a couple of people here. I'd like to >> >> know if there's - apart from personal taste - there's important >> >> reasons to keep supporting it? The system is close to collapse under >> >> its own weight, seems to me. :) >> >> >> >> Let me confirm that switching to CMake was painless and quick and it >> >> builds faster than ever. I'm not totally happy with the noisy colorful >> >> prints of cmake, but I'm quite sure that's a matter of time to get >> >> solved too. >> >> >> >> Obviously; if we remove makefiles from svn, it'll allow "in source" >> >> builds for cmake. >> >> >> >> -Ton- >> >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> >> Ton Roosendaal Blender Foundation [email protected] www.blender.org >> >> Blender Institute Entrepotdok 57A 1018AD Amsterdam The Netherlands >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> Bf-committers mailing list >> >> [email protected] >> >> http://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers >> >> >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Bf-committers mailing list >> > [email protected] >> > http://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers >> > >> _______________________________________________ >> Bf-committers mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers >> > _______________________________________________ > Bf-committers mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers > -- - Campbell _______________________________________________ Bf-committers mailing list [email protected] http://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers
