On 11/2/12 9:46 AM, jan iversen wrote: > Thanks for offering your help, I will definitively come back to that. > > Just one question, is there a design document or something where I can read > how the new makefile concept is going to work ?
maybe this helps you to get started http://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Build_Environment_Effort and all the related links on the right Juergen > > Jan. > > On 2 November 2012 09:26, Andre Fischer <awf....@gmail.com> wrote: > >> On 01.11.2012 18:31, jan iversen wrote: >> >>> you See below please. >>> >>> >>> On 1 November 2012 18:18, Andre Fischer <awf....@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> On 01.11.2012 17:57, jan iversen wrote: >>>> >>>> See below please. >>>>> >>>>> THANKS for your VERY informative answer, it helped me a lot. >>>>> >>>>> I was of the simple idea, that we pursued a simple build process made up >>>>> of >>>>> gnuMake and an addon to gather for the shortcoming of gnumake in respect >>>>> of >>>>> cascaded makefiles. >>>>> >>>>> We are in the process of migrating from dmake to GNU make. >>>> When that is finished then we will have essentially one single makefile. >>>> Well, there will be one top level makefile that includes all the other >>>> makefiles. But there will not one make process that starts other makes >>>> in >>>> subprocesses. That would be evil, or so I have been told, see >>>> http://wiki.openoffice.org/****wiki/Build_System_Analysis<http://wiki.openoffice.org/**wiki/Build_System_Analysis> >>>> <htt**p://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/**Build_System_Analysis<http://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Build_System_Analysis> >>>>> >>>> >>> I am in the process of changing the l10n process. Currently it runs on one >>> makefile that searches all directories, I want to change that to a target >>> in every local makefile (build.lst). >>> >> >> I am aware of that and am glad that you follow this approach. I am >> convinced that among a lot of other improvements, we could make the >> localization process a lot faster by >> a) using make (dmake or GNU make) for controlling what to do when and >> b) by integrating it into the build process to update the pootle data from >> time to time. >> >> >> >>> Can I attach myself to your progress, or would you suggest that I attach >>> my >>> development to the current build process. my timeline is somewhat around >>> new year. >>> >> >> Conversion of Apache OpenOffice from dmake to gbuild is going very slow at >> the moment. I am afraid that you will have work with the current build >> process. But I am willing to help. >> >> >> >>> >>> >>>> >>>> I hope to see your presentation on video later, due to personal budget >>>>> restriction (dont we all have that) I cannot participate. >>>>> >>>>> Sorry to hear that, I would have liked to meet you. >>>> >>>> Well if you come to FOSDEM, we can have a long chat. My problem is that >>> I >>> am currently "only" a contributor so that ticket alone is 600,- EUR. >>> >> >> Yeah, I know what you mean. And I will think about FOSDEM. >> >> >> >>> I am also prepared for google/skype videochats. >>> >> >> That is good to know. Maybe after ApacheCon. >> >> -Andre >> >> >
