Hi, I think it's a good idea, it will solve lots of problems with people using precompiled libraries not matching their compiler version.
On Fri, Feb 13, 2009 at 9:51 AM, Robert Osfield <robert.osfi...@gmail.com>wrote: > Hi Philip, > > I wonder if we could collaborate with the VTK guys on 3rd party > dependencies, help create CMake support for each additional project we > want to add in. > > Robert. > > On Fri, Feb 13, 2009 at 5:47 AM, Philip Lowman <phi...@yhbt.com> wrote: > > A recent thread[1] on the CMake mailing list got me thinking about OSG > and > > the 3rd party dependency issue on Windows. To solve this problem in VTK, > > the Kitware team basically compiles libjpeg, libtiff, libpng, libfreetype > > and more right alongside their source code. They've already CMakeified > all > > of this and the code is publicly available on their CVS[2] repository > (see > > kwpng, kwjpeg, etc.) > > > > It would be very cool to start a folder within OSG's svn for building > these > > different source packages (but outside the OpenSceneGraph project) that > > could be checked out alongside OpenSceneGraph. CMake could then be > > configured to build and link against those libraries while on a Windows > > platform where the libraries aren't available. Obviously this isn't > > something you would necessarily do for all dependencies but at least for > the > > lightweight ones which are absolutely necessary to having a somewhat > > functional OSG (jpeg, png, and freetype come to mind). > > > > With most developers having multiple cores, I'm pretty sure you could > build > > libraries like libtiff and libjpg relatively quickly. A slower initial > > build time and need to redistribute a ZIP file alongside the OSG for > WIN32 > > users would be the only cons I can think of. > > > > Benefits would be > > * No need to maintain MSVC 7.1, 8.0, 9.0, MinGW or Cygwin builds of the > > libraries since they would build themselves > > * Static builds become easier > > > > Furthermore, for libraries that don't "make sense" to build as part of > the > > OSG like the SDL, additional folders could be created to contain > prebuilts > > much as is done right now. > > > > Linux and MacOSX users wouldn't be affected by any of this because they > > likely would never checkout this folder. > > > > [1] = http://www.cmake.org/pipermail/cmake/2009-February/026964.html > > [2] = http://www.cmake.org/pipermail/cmake/2009-February/027019.html > > > > -- > > Philip Lowman > > > > _______________________________________________ > > osg-users mailing list > > osg-users@lists.openscenegraph.org > > > http://lists.openscenegraph.org/listinfo.cgi/osg-users-openscenegraph.org > > > > > _______________________________________________ > osg-users mailing list > osg-users@lists.openscenegraph.org > http://lists.openscenegraph.org/listinfo.cgi/osg-users-openscenegraph.org > -- Serge Lages http://www.tharsis-software.com
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