A few questions and request for opinions... I currently do (small) amounts of maintenance on the jhbuild moduleset for MeeGo netbook:
http://meego.gitorious.org/meego-netbook-ux/meego-jhbuild-netbook This is based on GNOME's jhbuild and enables you to build libraries in a "sandbox" style environment, away from your standard system libraries (but making use of the system's *-devel libraries if the version is high enough etc.). It doesn't cross-compile or anything fancy like that. I use this myself to keep up to date with Mx and Clutter, and know one or two other people also use it. However, it currently breaks far too frequently, as it is still based on the GNOME 2.30 modulesets; which in turn don't always work well (when used in the MeeGo jhbuild environment some modules end up tracking master, which can cause version and dependency problems). So, what I'd like to know is: 1. Is anyone else using this? 2. Is it worth reworking to support two or more modulesets: bleeding edge MeeGo netbook (tracking GNOME more closely but potentially breaking more often); as well as far more stable MeeGo netbook versions (with the versions in the moduleset tracking the MeeGo library versions as closely as possible)? 3. Is it worth maintaining? Or is there some way to make use of the existing build infrastructure to do more of the work (esp. tracking library versions and dependencies)? And a suggestion: At the very least, it should be reworked to use the Clutter jhbuild modulesets. Thought I'd put it out there, in case anyone is interested or has a stake in it. Comments etc. encouraged. Thanks. Elliot -- Elliot Smith Intel Open Source Technology Centre --------------------------------------------------------------------- Intel Corporation (UK) Limited Registered No. 1134945 (England) Registered Office: Pipers Way, Swindon SN3 1RJ VAT No: 860 2173 47 This e-mail and any attachments may contain confidential material for the sole use of the intended recipient(s). Any review or distribution by others is strictly prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender and delete all copies. _______________________________________________ MeeGo-dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.meego.com/listinfo/meego-dev
