FTR: For the changes I proposed, I'd do the work. I don't propose things unless I'm willing and able to roll up my sleeves and do 'em ;)
> On Dec 9, 2020, at 5:03 PM, Don Lewis <truck...@apache.org> wrote: > > On 9 Dec, Jim Jagielski wrote: >> >> >>> On Dec 9, 2020, at 9:56 AM, Mechtilde <o...@mechtilde.de> wrote: >>> >>> Hello Jim, >>> >>>> >>>> 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. >> >> Can you provide an example? >> >> For example, say we want to use the system version of dmake... We could do >> either >> >> --with-dmake >> >> which would look in the user's $PATH for dmake and use that one; or they >> could do >> >> --with-dmake=/opt/local/bin/dmake >> >> which would use the system version located in /opt/local/bin >> >> If instead, one used: >> >> >> --with-dmake=https://github.com/jimjag/dmake/archive/v4.13.1/dmake-4.13.1.tar.gz >> >> It would download that distro and build and not use any local/system >> versions. >> >> Does that make it more clear? > > For dmake, we always need it, so --without-dmake would neve make sense. > For the path vs. url cases, we would need to add code to parse the > argument to decide whether we need need to do a download and build and > point the path at the result of the build, or whether we can just use > the argument as a full path. In addition to https, the URL could > theoretically be ftp or a local file. This touches both configure and > bootstrap. > > I haven't looked at the beanshell stuff enough to comment. > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org
