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Message #00072
Re: Reducing dependencies & Ant'ing the plugins
Awesome, let me know where I can help! I'm putting all my changes in
lp:~ubuntu-iamnafets/syncany/windows-shell which will include anything
required to get Syncany working well with Windows. Where are you storing
your progress?
Thanks,
Stefan
On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 1:29 AM, Team Odev <teamodev@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi Stefan,
>
> I'll start to work on a Windows setup tonight and I'll keep you informed
> on progress :).
>
> Regards,
>
> Thierry
>
>
> 2011/6/1 Stefan Mai <ubuntu@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
>> Thierry,
>>
>> I'm the developer working on the Windows port, but my efforts right now
>> are targeted toward the shell integration as opposed to the Windows
>> installer. If you'd like to take a first cut at creating a setup project
>> that'd be awesome. Please make sure to include the merge module from
>> TortoiseOverlays.
>>
>> Virtual machines are the ideal way to test this (and the only way I'll
>> test a Windows XP setup anyways).
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Stefan
>>
>>
>> On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 2:56 PM, Team Odev <teamodev@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Philipp,
>>>
>>> It's a long time I haven't built rpms - I know the principles of building
>>> them but it's a very basic - poor - knowledge. Tell me if no one can help,
>>> and I'll check my records ...
>>>
>>> I thought that a member of the Syncany team was currently working on a
>>> windows port on a separate branch ?
>>>
>>> For Windows setup.exe, I often use inno setup (for my job) and I can
>>> start writing an inno setup script for installing Syncany with ? Maybe in
>>> collaboration with the developer working on the Windows port ?
>>>
>>> An idea for testing the package : an efficient solution is to test on
>>> virtual machines ( Virtual boxes ) : fresh / base install of the Operating
>>> System, then take a reference snapshot before testing the Syncany package
>>> installation. Reverting to the snapshot is fast, and allows to test again as
>>> if we were in a fresh install.
>>>
>>> Best Regards,
>>>
>>> Thierry
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> 2011/5/31 Philipp Heckel <philipp.heckel@xxxxxxxxx>
>>>
>>>> Hey all,
>>>>
>>>> Regarding the dependencies: I tried to simply the dependency-issues by
>>>> (temporarily) adding all required JARs (except java-gnome) to the
>>>> 'lib' folder. That makes it easier for the Windows version and for
>>>> development.
>>>>
>>>> @Thierry: No there is no functional version on Windows yet.
>>>>
>>>> I have used Inno Setup before. It's a great Tool for creating
>>>> setup-files. I think we should start thinking about packaging. On
>>>> Linux (*.deb, *.rpm), and on Windows a setup.exe.
>>>>
>>>> Do you (or anybody else) have experience with either one of them?
>>>>
>>>> Cheers,
>>>> Philipp
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 10:04 AM, Philipp Heckel
>>>> <philipp.heckel@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>> > Hey Stefan,
>>>> >
>>>> > that's what I thought... I currently do not store the JARs in the repo
>>>> > at all, but I'll add then later so you don't have to assemble them :-)
>>>> >
>>>> > Cheers,
>>>> > Philipp
>>>> >
>>>> > On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 4:04 AM, Stefan Mai <ubuntu@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>> wrote:
>>>> >> Philipp,
>>>> >> When you build Syncany under Windows, where in the repository are you
>>>> >> storing dependencies? I'm having a bit of trouble assembling the
>>>> correct
>>>> >> versions of all the missing jars.
>>>> >> Thanks,
>>>> >> Stefan
>>>> >>
>>>> >> On Mon, May 30, 2011 at 6:04 AM, Philipp Heckel <
>>>> philipp.heckel@xxxxxxxxx>
>>>> >> wrote:
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>> Hi everyone,
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>> With regard to the variety of Linux distributions and other OSs
>>>> >>> Syncany is (hopefully) going to be used on, I think we need to do
>>>> some
>>>> >>> sort of dependency management. Some packages are available on some
>>>> >>> systems, others are not. Especially on Windows (and OSX?), all
>>>> >>> dependencies have to be shipped with the application.
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>> Does anybody know how other projects do that?
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>> >From the top of my head, I'd suggest to have all required JARs in
>>>> the
>>>> >>> library folder and write different Ant scripts for the different
>>>> >>> platforms. However, that would mean that the library folder would
>>>> >>> become very large very quickly...
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>> Any other ideas? Comments? Anybody interested in doing that? Would
>>>> be
>>>> >>> of great help!
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>> I think the above dependency issues are also relevant for the
>>>> plugins
>>>> >>> and their dependencies. I believe carrying around all the plugins
>>>> with
>>>> >>> the main application is not a good thing, because most people will
>>>> use
>>>> >>> only one or two of them. I think it would be great to have one JAR
>>>> >>> file per plugin and the possibility to put them in a plugin folder
>>>> >>> (e.g. ~/.syncany/plugins).
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>> Again, I could really use some help with this so I can concentrate
>>>> on
>>>> >>> the main synchronization algorithm.
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>> Cheers,
>>>> >>> Philipp
>>>> >>>
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