Re: [Flamerobin-devel] Compiled FlameRobin 0.9.3 Unicode

[Lucas S. <luc...@gm...>]

Hi, right now, you can use the "dev" branch from
https://github.com/mariuz/flamerobin/tree/dev
@Mariuz is one of the original authors. Now Jdochoa and I are updating and
fixing current FR codebase, but obviously any help is welcome

On Sun, Jan 24, 2021 at 11:27 PM Dalton Calford <dal...@gm...>
wrote:

> I have just found a debian install file for the 9.3 version from February
> of 2020
>
>
> https://ubuntu.pkgs.org/18.04/ubuntu-universe-amd64/flamerobin_0.9.3~+20160512.c75f8618-2_amd64.deb.html
>
> So someone is attempting to keep it up to date but doing a poor job of
> letting the rest of the world know.
>
> I don't know (have not looked at the git commit logs yet) how out of date
> that build is, but, I can use that file with my new build to create an
> install file for you.
>
> So, if you have a newer (uncommited) version of the code that you would
> like to release, let me know, commit it and I will build and produce a
> tar.gz and deb file for you.  RPM will take a while longer as I have not
> used a rpm distro for about 15 years.
>
> On Sun, 24 Jan 2021 at 20:50, Dalton Calford <dal...@gm...>
> wrote:
>
>> ok,
>>
>> I will look over the install section of your makefile, and see if I can
>> create a deb for it.
>> It will be a week before I can spend any real time on it, but, I can say,
>> getting the build environment up and going was a bit of a hassle.
>> That is why I was going to create a build environment for you, so it just
>> works for you.
>> A tar.gz is like a zip file in that although it keeps extended attributes
>> which a zip does not, it just creates a folder that holds the files.
>> What is needed is a method that installs the files.
>>
>> A deb (debian file) is just a compressed file with some scripts/info in
>> it to distribute the files to the correct directories.
>> I can send you the compiled flamerobin file, but that does not put the
>> code-templates for example, into the correct location, nor does it put the
>> man pages into the man system etc.   Also, deb files have version
>> information, md5checksums of the files etc., all to ensure version control.
>> rpm's are the same idea, just a slightly different format.
>>
>> So, if you push/commit the latest/greatest version of the code up to the
>> git server and send me the branch it is on, I will see about creating a
>> script that creates the install files for you.    I will do it in a virtual
>> machine so that you can have it as a linux build environment, all ready to
>> use/deploy without needing me.  (I don't mind doing it, but, it is better
>> that no one person is the only one who can do something).
>>
>> Also, in running it, I have found a few issues that you may want to
>> address or point me to the place in the code so I can fix it.
>>
>> best regards
>> Dalton
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sun, 24 Jan 2021 at 19:39, Lucas Schatz <luc...@gm...> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi, no problem with the VM, just send me the process of making the
>>> .tar.gz and that's fine :)
>>> I`m running cmake, make && make install 100%
>>> basically this process:
>>> https://github.com/mariuz/flamerobin/blob/dev/.github/workflows/ccpp.yml
>>> I`m simply not sure if I can simply share the "build" folder and it will
>>> work OK (probably not)
>>> But if I do, will i t be compatible only with the same Linux version or
>>> not?
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>> On Sun, Jan 24, 2021 at 9:29 PM Dalton Calford <dal...@gm...>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi Lucas,
>>>>
>>>> I can make a virtual machine image for you to run/compile flamerobin in.
>>>>
>>>> Are you familiar with virtual machines?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Sun, 24 Jan 2021 at 18:30, Lucas Schatz <luc...@gm...>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi!
>>>>> Yes, for now we are using Github for tracking and releases.
>>>>> I`m building the current snapshots and publishing at Github.
>>>>> Sorry about the lack of Linux builds, sincerely I`m not 100% familiar
>>>>> with building Linux packages (i`m familiar with building and installing
>>>>> packages from source, but never needed to share the builds)
>>>>> If you can specify what to do, I`m glad to do it too
>>>>>
>>>>> thanks
>>>>>
>>>>> On Sun, Jan 24, 2021 at 7:57 PM Dalton Calford <
>>>>> dal...@gm...> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hey all,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I have downloaded the 0.9.3 branch from git and I have compiled it
>>>>>> for linux 64bit on Ubuntu 20.10, connecting to a firebird 3 database.
>>>>>> It is compiled with IBPP library version 2.5.2.1
>>>>>> wxWidgets library version 3.0.5
>>>>>> and Boost library version 1.71.0
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I am learning the codebase and I am an absolute beginner with
>>>>>> flamerobin, but, as the website does not have a linux compiled version
>>>>>> available, I am willing to provide my build to whoever wants to test/use it.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> There are some issues with pointers to the correct fbclient library
>>>>>> (fixed with softlinks) which perhaps should be an option on the database
>>>>>> connect dialog/configuration vs a hardcoded setting in the code.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Are there any developers still working on Flamerobin?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Best regards
>>>>>> Dalton
>>>>>>
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