On Sun, 25 Mar 2012 14:51:33 +0900 Daniel Juyung Seo <seojuyu...@gmail.com> said:
> Actually this is not a question about build systems. > Suresh Kumar just wants us(efl-team) to have one good script to build > up-to-date svn codes. easy-e17.sh > easy_17.sh has been doing good job so far. But efl svn code changes a > lot and for some reason easy_17.sh was not updated. > When I see easy_e17.sh link, it has not been updated for a couple of years. > http://omicron.homeip.net/projects/easy_e17/easy_e17.sh > Maybe Morlenxus was busy or he lost the interest anymore. it hasn't been updated because it hasn't needed changes. i used to have a get_e.sh - no one wanted to use it because it didn't build all these extra modules and stuff that's not core/maintained. people want everything in svn even if its junk. easy-e17 tried to build much more than it should in this case. we just don't have the manpower to maintain all of that extra "junk" in svn, but somehow people insist on having it. my advice is - don't use it, the alternative is we start removing anything non-core and maintained from svn, and that will piss many people off. there is no winning. > I also hope we have one good script for building trunk. But > maintaining will be a main issue. There are many un-maintained code in > trunk and how many code does this script have to cover? And even some > projects have build error issue. easy-e17.sh - it has been doing the job well for a very long time. it hasnt NEEDED changes for years. :) if you're a developer you'll end up customising your own build. if you are not there is easy-e17.sh :) > So some e-developers have their own scripts. Have a look at trunk/devs. > I also maintain my own script in trunk/devs/seoz/build.sh > This is very primitive and I build all codes I'm interested in. > > Anyhow, I agree with Suresh Kumar's opinion that we need to have a > official build script for people who want to use up-to-date svn > code(including e-developer themselves). But as I mentioned, there are > some practical issue. > > Thanks. > > Daniel Juyung Seo (SeoZ) > > > On Sun, Mar 25, 2012 at 12:23 PM, Suresh Kumar <uniquesur...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hello Thomas, > > > > Thanks for your prompt reply and clarifying it in details... > > > > I understand that easy_17 is not part of enlightenment development and it > > is a third part script which download and install. > > > > Lets keep easy_17 topic aside for the moment and I would like to know if I > > am interested in latest e17 functionalities to use and report bugs as an > > end user then I can able to build e17 code using Makefile.linux which > > builds the following packages as below > > > > e e_dbus eet efreet embryo python-ecore python-edje ecore > > edje eeze eina evas python-e_dbus python-evas > > > > If I want to build remaining supported applications such as enjoy, > > elementary and so on. Do I need to go to individual folders and compile and > > install ? If so, is there other way to do it in one short ? > > > > Sorry for the inconvenience, I am trying to get all the packages to install > > and keep them up to date. > > > > Thanks in advance. > > > > > >> > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > >> > This SF email is sponsosred by: > >> > Try Windows Azure free for 90 days Click Here > >> > http://p.sf.net/sfu/sfd2d-msazure > >> > _______________________________________________ > >> > enlightenment-users mailing list > >> > enlightenment-users@lists.sourceforge.net > >> > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-users > >> > >> Hello Suresh, > >> > >> you really got a few things mixed up here. > >> Easy_e17.sh is by no means a build system, and certainly not > >> Enlightenments build system. > >> Most of enlightenments sub-projects (libraries, applications, modules, > >> ...) use autofoo (automake, autoconf, and consorts) as a build system. > >> The build system is per application, not for the whole SVN. > >> That's not the buildsystems job and so it will never be done. > >> > >> Easy_e17 however is used to build and install all supported > >> applications in E's SVN by using their build systems. Therefore it is > >> more similar to a simple package manager than a build system. It > >> generally works well and is actively being developed, so if you report > >> bugs they likely will get fixed. As E SVN does change often and > >> quickly, it is necessary to change Easy_e17 now and then, too. > >> > >> Endusers should not use SVN if they expect things to "just work" and > >> so they should not use Easy_e17 unless they're willing to at least > >> report bugs. It is the distributions job to provide the packages for > >> those users. There is no excuse for any distribution not to include > >> the Enlightenment Libraries (EFL), as they experience regular > >> releases. E17 itself has not yet been released, but released snapshots > >> could be easily used for packaging by distributors. > >> > >> The Makefile.linux in E's root directory only builds a small set of > >> packages and thus is not comparable to Easy_e17. > >> > >> ~thomasg > >> > >> > >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >> This SF email is sponsosred by: > >> Try Windows Azure free for 90 days Click Here > >> http://p.sf.net/sfu/sfd2d-msazure > >> _______________________________________________ > >> enlightenment-users mailing list > >> enlightenment-users@lists.sourceforge.net > >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-users > >> > > > > > > > > -- > > -Regards, > > Suresh > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > This SF email is sponsosred by: > > Try Windows Azure free for 90 days Click Here > > http://p.sf.net/sfu/sfd2d-msazure > > _______________________________________________ > > enlightenment-users mailing list > > enlightenment-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-users > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > This SF email is sponsosred by: > Try Windows Azure free for 90 days Click Here > http://p.sf.net/sfu/sfd2d-msazure > _______________________________________________ > enlightenment-users mailing list > enlightenment-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-users > -- ------------- Codito, ergo sum - "I code, therefore I am" -------------- The Rasterman (Carsten Haitzler) ras...@rasterman.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF email is sponsosred by: Try Windows Azure free for 90 days Click Here http://p.sf.net/sfu/sfd2d-msazure _______________________________________________ enlightenment-users mailing list enlightenment-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-users
