On Wednesday 11 April 2012, Stephen Kelly wrote: > Alexander Neundorf wrote: > > On Saturday 10 March 2012, Alexander Neundorf wrote: > > ... > > > >> Also, this means the term "KDE frameworks" doesn't actually mean a lot. > >> I mean, what would make a library a "KDE frameworks library" ? > >> Being part of the KDE SC releases ? > >> > >> But I'm really not sure this will result in a pleasant experience for > >> developers and maybe also packagers to build the whole thing. > >> > >> If we go that route, I'd like to have somebody volunteering to do the > >> support for all those people who will have problems building due to > >> dependency problems, or a strange mixture of versions that has been > >> found, or people complaining that they already have to upgrade their > >> cmake again because some library upped their required version. I don't > >> feel like doing the support for this. > >> > >> If we want to keep a mostly smooth experience for developers working on > >> multiple parts/the whole KDE SC (which is IMO one of the things which > >> make up "KDE"), this is IMO not the way to go. > > > > Ok, most of the work in cmake itself is done, now back to KDE... > > > > So, what I currently have in mind of how "KDE frameworks libraries" will > > install and how they will be usable: > > > > * each KDE frameworks library will install a KFooConfig.cmake file > > * by using find_package(KFoo CONFIG_MODE) this Config.cmake file will be > > used directly > > Sounds good. It's partly there, but needs to be redesigned. > > > , no guarantees about matching versions etc. > > I think you mean that the developer using the frameworks is responsible for > ensuring that the versions he chooses work together, and we only guarantee > that frameworks of the same version work together. Is that what you mean?
Yes. > > * we will provide a FindKF5.cmake, which supports components: > > find_package(KF5 REQUIRED_COMPONENTS kcore OPTIONAL_COMPONENTS kwidgets) > > * this find-module will ensure that only matching Config.cmake files are > > found, and can have additional logic for layering two installations of > > KDE frameworks (one from the system, shadowed partly by the one(s) the > > developer is working on) > > > > How does that sound ? > > Sounds great. Ok, I'll go ahead and work in it. Alex _______________________________________________ Kde-frameworks-devel mailing list Kde-frameworks-devel@kde.org https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-frameworks-devel
