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[Cody Garver <cody@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

"Debian considers Waf problematic due to being binary-distributed
On Windows its pkg-config handling leaves to be desired"
https://bugs.launchpad.net/midori/+bug/1211909


On Sat, Sep 14, 2013 at 6:50 PM, Daniele S. <oppifjellet@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> There are a lot of build system out there. This one seems cool and clean
> but it's probably too bleeding edge. I suggest you to take a look at waf.
> Lots of project are switching to it.
>
> Daniele
> Il giorno 15/set/2013 01:08, "Julien" <spautz.julien@xxxxxxxxx> ha
> scritto:
>
>>  Hey guys,
>>
>> I've lately been toying with a relatively recent build system called *
>> bake*. It was created and is maintained by Robert Ancell and you can
>> find the source code here: https://launchpad.net/bake.
>>
>> There isn't much documentation out there, but the manual will teach you
>> most important things: https://answers.launchpad.net/bake/+faq/2172
>>
>> $ bzr branch lp:bake
>> $ cd bake
>> $ yelp help
>>
>> So if you're like me and have no idea about cmake, bake might be the
>> perfect alternative. It is *very* simple and requires practically no
>> boiler code (unlike cmake). It would also be easier for new developers to
>> set up their own projects.
>>
>> I'm pretty sure you want to see some actual implementation, so here it is:
>>
>> https://code.launchpad.net/~julien-spautz/cable/bake
>>
>> If you look at the diffs  (
>> http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~julien-spautz/cable/bake/revision/137) you'll
>> see that I added a few Recipe files, containing all the information bake
>> needs, and at the same time got rid of all that cmake ugliness. Since Cable
>> uses the same cmake template as the official elementary apps, this should
>> work just as well with any other elementary app.
>>
>> If you want to try it yourself, here are some instructions:
>>
>> First install bake:
>>
>> $ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:bake-team/releases
>> $ sudo apt-get update
>> $ sudo apt-get install bake
>>
>> Now get my branch:
>>
>> $ bzr branch lp:~julien-spautz/cable/bake
>> $ cd bake
>>
>> So far so good. Now let's build (make sure you have all the deps, you'll
>> find them in /src/Recipe):
>>
>> $ bake
>>
>> There should now be an executable in src/ and one in tests/.
>> How about cleaning up again?
>>
>> $ bake clean
>>
>> Installing?
>>
>> $ sudo bake install
>>
>> Running unit tests? (I know you all enjoy those TDD threads)
>>
>> $ bake test
>>
>> Creating a .deb package?
>>
>> $ bake release-deb (might take a while)
>>
>> If you're not in love yet I really don't know...
>>
>> I'll try to convert some other elementary apps to bake in the future, but
>> I don't think it'll be very difficult. The biggest downside of bake is of
>> course that it is still relatively new and therefore lacks complete
>> documentation and tutorials and probably still has some important bugs.
>> Otherwise I see no reason not to switch at some point in the future, be it
>> for Isis, or Isis + 1 (but not later, srsly).
>>
>> What are your opinions? Has anyone else had any experience with it?
>>
>> --
>> Julien Spautz
>>
>>
>>
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