FYI, I created https://github.com/grpc/grpc.io/issues/94 to track the issues mentioned in this thread.
On Thursday, February 27, 2020 at 9:10:53 PM UTC-5, Patrice Chalin wrote: > > Got it. > > On Thursday, February 27, 2020 at 7:52:47 PM UTC-5, Nicolas Noble wrote: >> >> We should direct people towards Bazel as much as possible for the >> quickstart, especially since the ./tools/bazel script should be fine for >> Linux and windows even if Bazel isn't installed. >> >> On Thu, Feb 27, 2020, 16:07 Patrice Chalin <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Hi Philip, >>> >>> I've started reviewing the grpc.io guides, the Quick Start pages in >>> particular. >>> >>> Would you mind opening issue(s) here: >>> https://github.com/grpc/grpc.io/issues/new ? I'll take a look as soon >>> as I can. If you'd rather that I create the issues, let me know, I'd be >>> glad to do so. >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Patrice >>> >>> On Thursday, February 27, 2020 at 6:32:07 PM UTC-5, >>> [email protected] wrote: >>>> >>>> 1) https://grpc.io/docs/quickstart/cpp/ says "follow the instructions >>>> to install gRPC C++ via make", but the linked page leads with bazel (with >>>> a >>>> secondary reference to cmake). >>>> 2) The linked page: >>>> https://github.com/grpc/grpc/blob/master/src/cpp/README.md#make doesn't >>>> work. I think it may be because http_archive has been moved/deprecated but >>>> the rules don't include the relevant spell to import it - see >>>> https://stackoverflow.com/questions/56229865/build-breaking-after-bazel-upgrade >>>> >>>> The general impression is that no-one who knows what they're doing has >>>> tried this out for a while (for c++ at least) and that you may be scaring >>>> off a bunch of potential contributors. >>>> IF I get it working, would some PRs for the docs be of interest? >>>> >>>> Yours, >>>> >>>> Philip >>>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "grpc.io" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to [email protected]. >>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/grpc-io/644c24ae-65de-4c4b-8b3d-282d7c77507f%40googlegroups.com >>> >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/grpc-io/644c24ae-65de-4c4b-8b3d-282d7c77507f%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>> . >>> >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "grpc.io" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/grpc-io/eab42890-edc5-4e44-a2d6-6d4e055c13fe%40googlegroups.com.
