Re: [e-users] Really Need Proper Build system for Enlightenment ( E17 )

[Carsten H. (T. R. <ra...@ra...>]

On Sat, 24 Mar 2012 23:23:32 -0400 Suresh Kumar <uni...@gm...> said:

> Hello Thomas,
> 
> Thanks for your prompt reply and clarifying it in details...
> 
> I understand that easy_17 is not part of enlightenment development and it
> is a third part script which download and install.
> 
> Lets keep easy_17 topic aside for the moment and I would like to know if I
> am interested in latest e17 functionalities to use and report bugs as an
> end user then I can able to build e17 code using Makefile.linux which
> builds the following packages as below
> 
> e      e_dbus  eet   efreet  embryo  python-ecore   python-edje ecore
> edje    eeze  eina    evas    python-e_dbus  python-evas
> 
> If I want to build remaining supported applications such as enjoy,
> elementary and so on. Do I need to go to individual folders and compile and
> install ? If so, is there other way to do it in one short ?
> 
> Sorry for the inconvenience, I am trying to get all the packages to install
> and keep them up to date.
> 
> Thanks in advance.

use easy-e17.sh as you have been. that makefile is for buildbot. not for you.
sometimes things get removed from svn so u have to stop building it. sometimes
u get file conflicts - that's life.

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> > Hello Suresh,
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> > you really got a few things mixed up here.
> > Easy_e17.sh is by no means a build system, and certainly not
> > Enlightenments build system.
> > Most of enlightenments sub-projects (libraries, applications, modules,
> > ...) use autofoo (automake, autoconf, and consorts) as a build system.
> > The build system is per application, not for the whole SVN.
> > That's not the buildsystems job and so it will never be done.
> >
> > Easy_e17 however is used to build and install all supported
> > applications in E's SVN by using their build systems. Therefore it is
> > more similar to a simple package manager than a build system. It
> > generally works well and is actively being developed, so if you report
> > bugs they likely will get fixed. As E SVN does change often and
> > quickly, it is necessary to change Easy_e17 now and then, too.
> >
> > Endusers should not use SVN if they expect things to "just work" and
> > so they should not use Easy_e17 unless they're willing to at least
> > report bugs. It is the distributions job to provide the packages for
> > those users. There is no excuse for any distribution not to include
> > the Enlightenment Libraries (EFL), as they experience regular
> > releases. E17 itself has not yet been released, but released snapshots
> > could be easily used for packaging by distributors.
> >
> > The Makefile.linux in E's root directory only builds a small set of
> > packages and thus is not comparable to Easy_e17.
> >
> > ~thomasg
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