Re: [Freekode-public] Status of the project

[Diogo T. <fo...@gm...>]

Hey Pedro,

I'm glad to see you're still very motivated!

My problem right now is a big load here at work.
I hope that in Feb I'll be a bit more loose and maybe I'll be able help out
a bit.

I've added Balaji to the project. Let's get this thing going.

Regards,

Diogo


On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 11:20 PM, Pedro Ângelo <pa...@vi...>wrote:

> On Wed, 28 Jan 2009 22:02:48 +0530
> Balaji Rao <bal...@gm...> wrote:
>
> > Hi all,
> >
> > First I would like to thank those who started this project.
> >
> > It is so unfortunate that the the development is completely stalled.
> > Can anyone please enlighten me why is it so ?
>
> Hello Balaji,
>
> Thanks for checking in about FreeKode. I wouldn't say the project
> is stalled, it's more like it's progressing at a glaciar pace :)
>
> We are still very interested in it, but I'm guessing that lack of time
> and projects using FreeKode to drive it's development has
> taken it's toll on project activity.
>
> > If the project is looking for contributors, that's what I'm here for.
> > So it would be very helpful if someone briefed about the status of the
> > project.
>
> We are always looking for contributors :)
>
> FreeKode started as a way for us to learn about code portability,
> cross-platform development and how to follow a standard.
>
> On the inside, FreeKode is basically a wrapper around libc for
> modern desktop platforms (Win32, Linux, MacOSX), with a few extra bits
> added. It was initially meant as a tool to help desktop developers test
> code for mobile platforms on their favorite development environments.
>
> It also turned out to be an interesting platform for porting OpenKode
> to new platforms, as Fozi's WinCE port can atest.
>
> Our current goal is to reach compatibility with OpenKode 1.0 Core, which
> allows us to defer sorting out all the messy windowing ang EGL issues
> till after we have a solid base going.
>
> All the ports share a lot of common, platform independent code, so if I
> were you I'd start out with the lib init in application.c and move on
> from there. The Win32 and MacOSX ports are the most advanced, with
> Linux lagging a bit behind, but they're still missing some advanced
> features like threading or the virtual file system, although the
> scaffolding for them is all done.
>
> > I'm looking to contribute to the Linux implementation. Can anyone
> > please let me know what I can begin with ?
>
> Sure, your first step will be to build the lib and the test suite. The
> Linux port uses premake 3.x <http://premake.sf.net> to generate the
> Makefiles (you can also generate build files for Code::Blocks, Visual
> Studio, and CodeLite on Win32 and MacOSX with it, but this is
> untested). Go to the premake/ folder and do:
>
> premake --target gnu
> make
>
> To build the tests, copy premake/config/config.lua.sample to
> premake/config/config.lua and set the FK_BUILD_TESTS variable to
> 'true' and then regenerate the makefiles like above.
>
> If all went ok, you can now cd into tests/ and run the run_tests
> executable. Individual tests are defined in a .c source file in
> tests/src and are automagically added to the makefiles when you
> regenerate them.
>
> Once you're comfortable with this, feel free to poke around the
> source and implement any missing features you're interested in, and
> post a patch either here or on the sf patch tracker (but give us a
> heads up on the mailing list if you do).
>
> My current focus is writing tests for the parts of OpenKode already
> implemented, and refactoring the existing tests to use the TAP test
> harness. Fozi is still commited to the Win32 port, but I'm guessing
> anything else you might come up with is OK.
>
> > Hoping to help bring the project back to life again.
>
> Welcome aboard,
>
> Pedro Ângelo
> pa...@vi...
>
>
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