On 10/15/2010 09:26 AM, Martijn Kuipers wrote: > On Oct 15, 2010, at 15:04 PM, Dick Hollenbeck wrote: > > >> FYI, >> >> Kicad does not use expat directly. wxWidgets does. wxWidgets includes >> expat in its source tree. >> > Well wxWidgets includes wxexpat in its source tree, not exactly expat per se. > > >> So one can argue that this is a discussion for the wxWidgets build >> environment, and if it is built properly, then Kicad can simply use >> wxWidgets, which should be responsible for the libraries that it needs. >> > I wondered about that too. In order to compile wx I use the > --enable-monolithic option, but then it does not make builtin support for > zlib, expat and perhaps some others (at least on OSX). Do you consider this a > wxWidgets error? > > Another option is to make a multi-lib build and make kicad responsible for > taking in all libs, but that requires more cmake surgery. > > >> Maybe an equally valid solution is to submit a patch to the wxWidgets >> team, or to your distro team, or whatever. >> > I just wanted Kicad to tell me beforehand (before building) that my > dependencies are not in order. I don't think Kicad should tell me whom I > should blaim for this. > > >> It may not be the best solution, but before I identify the best >> solution, I usually try and find more than one. >> > I weighted the odds and thought that adding the expat one is reasonable, but > if you prefer a multilib build then I will prepare the OR and begin the > surgary. >
If I were to participate in appraising the relative merits of alternative solutions, I would think that anything that is OSX specific should be pushed back to OSX folks, anything that is wxWidgets specific should be pushed back to wxWidgets, or maintained as a separate patch to wxWidgets, etc. If we work long enough on the cmake scripts, eventually we will not be able to read them. But I am not participating in this. I don't have the pain you do. I am using Ubuntu Lucid, without issue. Even though I was instrumental in crafting the first CMake buid of Kicad on Windows, I haven't has windows on my machine for at least 4 years, and stopped using it about 9 years ago. So I am not currently qualified to make the judgement. But I just suggest that weight be given to putting blame where blame belongs. Pros and cons are weighed according to their importance, and others will have different weights. Expat is not a fixture in Kicad. We might decide to switch to another XML library in the future. Dick _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
