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Re: Bake Build System

 

Hi, just an idea. Why not add this feature into bake?, something like that

bake new project name=sky
 On Sep 17, 2013 10:39 PM, "Albert Palacios" <optimisme@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Julian suggested a new template without using the word 'template', so here
> it is. Now it uses "HelloWorld" as a project name and it can be easily
> changed using the script 'set_project_name.sh'.
>
> For example, to create a new application named 'sky':
>
> - Decompress the template
> - mv helloworld sky
> - cd sky
> - set_project_name Sky
> - sudo bake install
> - sky
>
> I also modified other minor things such as enclosing the application into
> its own namespace.
>
> Albert
>
>
>
> On Mon, Sep 16, 2013 at 10:14 PM, Julian Unrrein <junrrein@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>
>> I've taken a look at Bake, and I'm liking it so far!
>>
>> As soon as optional dependencies support is added (
>> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bake/+bug/1105831), I will try to get Files
>> built with it.
>>
>>
>> 2013/9/14 Julien <spautz.julien@xxxxxxxxx>
>>
>>>  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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