Re: [GNC-dev] swig as permanent build requirement

2019-05-21 Thread John Ralls
> On May 21, 2019, at 6:08 AM, Derek Atkins wrote: > > John Ralls writes: > >>> On May 20, 2019, at 6:02 AM, Derek Atkins wrote: >>> >>> Does the tarfile not create a tree gnucash_XX (where XX is the >>> git hash of the tarball)? >>> >>> I guess there is no way to disable this "fe

Re: [GNC-dev] swig as permanent build requirement

2019-05-21 Thread Derek Atkins
John Ralls writes: >> On May 20, 2019, at 6:02 AM, Derek Atkins wrote: >> >> Does the tarfile not create a tree gnucash_XX (where XX is the >> git hash of the tarball)? >> >> I guess there is no way to disable this "feature" of github? > > Nope. It just creates a zip file "gnucash-maint

Re: [GNC-dev] swig as permanent build requirement

2019-05-20 Thread John Ralls
> On May 20, 2019, at 6:02 AM, Derek Atkins wrote: > > Geert Janssens writes: > >>> Another alternative is just print "GITHUB RELEASE XXX" and grab XXX from >>> the top-level directory name? >> >> The top-level directory name can be anything and not related to git or github >> at all. It de

Re: [GNC-dev] swig as permanent build requirement

2019-05-20 Thread Derek Atkins
Geert Janssens writes: >> Another alternative is just print "GITHUB RELEASE XXX" and grab XXX from >> the top-level directory name? > > The top-level directory name can be anything and not related to git or github > at all. It depends on where a user extracts the zip file. Does the tarfile not c

Re: [GNC-dev] swig as permanent build requirement (was: Re: [GNC] UK VAT and "Making Tax Digital")

2019-05-16 Thread Geert Janssens
Op donderdag 16 mei 2019 16:05:56 CEST schreef John Ralls: > > On May 16, 2019, at 1:39 AM, Geert Janssens > > wrote:> > > Op donderdag 16 mei 2019 05:24:04 CEST schreef John Ralls: > OK, create a flag file that the dist target makes and isn't present > otherwise. My objective is to find a way to

Re: [GNC-dev] swig as permanent build requirement

2019-05-16 Thread Geert Janssens
Op donderdag 16 mei 2019 17:08:25 CEST schreef Derek Atkins: > Geert Janssens writes: > > For starters despite our advice several people still prefer to build in > > source. It appears this notion of a separate build directory is not > > ingrained deeply into the development ecosystem. > > *I* li

Re: [GNC-dev] swig as permanent build requirement

2019-05-16 Thread Geert Janssens
Op donderdag 16 mei 2019 19:17:29 CEST schreef Stephen M. Butler: > On 5/16/19 8:08 AM, Derek Atkins wrote: > > Geert Janssens writes: > >> For starters despite our advice several people still prefer to build in > >> source. It appears this notion of a separate build directory is not > >> ingraine

Re: [GNC-dev] swig as permanent build requirement

2019-05-16 Thread Stephen M. Butler
On 5/16/19 8:08 AM, Derek Atkins wrote: > Geert Janssens writes: > >> For starters despite our advice several people still prefer to build in >> source. It appears this notion of a separate build directory is not >> ingrained >> deeply into the development ecosystem. > *I* like to build in sour

Re: [GNC-dev] swig as permanent build requirement

2019-05-16 Thread Derek Atkins
Geert Janssens writes: > For starters despite our advice several people still prefer to build in > source. It appears this notion of a separate build directory is not ingrained > deeply into the development ecosystem. *I* like to build in source! Or, more technically, I use lndir to create a

Re: [GNC-dev] swig as permanent build requirement (was: Re: [GNC] UK VAT and "Making Tax Digital")

2019-05-16 Thread John Ralls
> On May 16, 2019, at 1:39 AM, Geert Janssens > wrote: > > Op donderdag 16 mei 2019 05:24:04 CEST schreef John Ralls: >>> On May 15, 2019, at 7:49 AM, Geert Janssens >>> wrote:> >>> Op woensdag 15 mei 2019 15:43:43 CEST schreef John Ralls: OK, that all sounds reasonable. Reg

Re: [GNC-dev] swig as permanent build requirement (was: Re: [GNC] UK VAT and "Making Tax Digital")

2019-05-16 Thread Geert Janssens
Op donderdag 16 mei 2019 05:24:04 CEST schreef John Ralls: > > On May 15, 2019, at 7:49 AM, Geert Janssens > > wrote:> > > Op woensdag 15 mei 2019 15:43:43 CEST schreef John Ralls: > >> OK, that all sounds reasonable. > >> > >> Regards, > >> John Ralls > > > > Glad you agree. > > > > Remaining

Re: [GNC-dev] swig as permanent build requirement (was: Re: [GNC] UK VAT and "Making Tax Digital")

2019-05-15 Thread John Ralls
> On May 15, 2019, at 7:49 AM, Geert Janssens > wrote: > > Op woensdag 15 mei 2019 15:43:43 CEST schreef John Ralls: >> OK, that all sounds reasonable. >> >> Regards, >> John Ralls > > Glad you agree. > > Remaining question is when to introduce this ? Would you do it for the next > stable

[GNC-dev] swig as permanent build requirement (was: Re: [GNC] UK VAT and "Making Tax Digital")

2019-05-15 Thread Geert Janssens
Op woensdag 15 mei 2019 15:43:43 CEST schreef John Ralls: > OK, that all sounds reasonable. > > Regards, > John Ralls Glad you agree. Remaining question is when to introduce this ? Would you do it for the next stable release or on master ? I'm inclined to go for the latter as not to trip up to