On Mon, 26 Jan 2004, Jari Aalto+mail.linux wrote: > * Thu 2003-11-27 Harold L Hunt II <huntharo<at>msu<dot>edu> list.cygwin-apps > * Message-Id: <3FC5A1DB<dot>9000108<at>msu<dot>edu> > | Charles Wilson wrote: > | > | > Harold L Hunt II wrote: > | > > | >> 4) The script builds in the same directory as the source code. I > | >> don't like that. I have not yet (I hope) released a package that does > | >> this and I don't give good reviews to packages that do it. If the > | >> package fails to build out of the source directory, than you can > | >> either use lndir or the similar but more portable suggestion that > | >> Chuck Wilson had a few weeks/months ago (don't remember what it was > | >> called). If they cygbuild script doesn't yet support this, then it > | >> isn't ready for prime-time and you should hack up one of the scripts > | >> from another source package to do the job in the mean time. > | > > | > > | > Disagree. It is NOT a requirement that you must be able to build a > | > package outside of the source dir. *I* find it convenient to do so, > | > solely because it makes it easier to generate a patch without > | > build-generated files making a mess of it. But that's an issue for the > | > maintainer; if Jari has another system that works for him, let's not put > | > barriers in his way. > | > > | > Jari's package: (1) distributes source (2) distributes a patch (3) > | > contains a build script. Except for the naming issues and worries about > | > clobbering that you raise, his system looks like it satisfies the spirit > | > behind our packaging guidelines. That's enough for me. > | > | If cygbuild is going to ever be promoted as a build script, then it > | should continue to support building out of the source dir, whether it > | requires a flag (such as defaulting to not needing a hack and having a > | flag that tells it to us lndir or a similar hack) or not. > | > | If cygbuild isn't going to have that feature, then I will continue > | reviewing up to the point of everything being fixed expect for my niggle > | above. I won't give such a package a "Good to go". That is my choice. > | Somebody else can pick it up and give it a "Good to go" at that point > | if they want to, but my choice is not to do so. > > I'm back. > > After long sickness and new issues at work, I'm catching up messages > in this list. If you haven't heard from me (personal mail addresses to > me), don't be supprised. My account got hijacked by spammers and among > other issues it took over month to set up all required filters in many > sites I receive and forward mail. You may have heard the worms that > included MTA coded in them. > > Harold and all, thank you for all the suggestions. All will be fixed > soon and I roll out newly built Cygwin packages. I'll also add feature > to build in separate directory if user requests it. > > Jari
Jari, Perhaps we could, in addition to (or, hopefully, even instead of) offering a new package, merge some of the features people deem useful from cygbuild into the generic-build-script? That way, we have a more-or-less standardized way of building packages, and reviewers don't have to learn a new build system every time they look at a Method 2 package. You're welcome to use whatever build script you want, of course, but keep in mind that anyone reading <http://cygwin.com/setup.html> will be pointed to the generic-build-script first. ATM, I'm willing to look at small-ish (read: incremental) or trivial (e.g., whitespace, or global search-and-replace) patches -- perhaps later, when I have some more time, I'll consider more advanced ones. Igor P.S. Please don't quote raw e-mail addresses in your replies... -- http://cs.nyu.edu/~pechtcha/ |\ _,,,---,,_ [EMAIL PROTECTED] ZZZzz /,`.-'`' -. ;-;;,_ [EMAIL PROTECTED] |,4- ) )-,_. ,\ ( `'-' Igor Pechtchanski, Ph.D. '---''(_/--' `-'\_) fL a.k.a JaguaR-R-R-r-r-r-.-.-. Meow! "I have since come to realize that being between your mentor and his route to the bathroom is a major career booster." -- Patrick Naughton
