orbitcpp-list

[orbitcpp-list] packages, etc.

[Brian C. <bc...@th...>]

Hi all -- I'm in the process of adding corba to a c++ application. It would be
nice to have native language bindings, rather than having to maintain c
wrappers. But it doesn't look like orbitcpp is together enough, yet. In
particular, I can't introduce a dependence on a library which is only
distributed as source.

Are there plans to provide binaries for the major linux distributions? 

Is orbitcpp stable and complete enough to use in a currently shipping app?

b.c.

Re: [orbitcpp-list] packages, etc.

[Sam C. <sc...@bi...>]

Brian Craft <bc...@th...> wrote:
> Are there plans to provide binaries for the major linux distributions?=20

A binary package is available as part of the Debian GNU/Linux system,
but I have no plans to provide them for other distributions.

It's safer to compile it yourself or use the version compiled by your
distribution vendor (if there is one), and it's not a difficult package
to compile. You wouldn't really be able to trust whatever packages I
made available for download, as they'd have to be donated by others. I
don't have the resources to compile the package for multiple
distributions.

> Is orbitcpp stable and complete enough to use in a currently shipping app?

That depends on what you're trying to do with it. What features do you
need? It works for the commercial application that I've used it for, but
my application was relatively straightforward.
--=20
Sam "Eddie" Couter  |  mailto:sc...@bi...
Debian Developer    |  mailto:ed...@de...
                    |  jabber:sa...@ja...
OpenPGP fingerprint:  A46B 9BB5 3148 7BEA 1F05  5BD5 8530 03AE DE89 C75C

Re: [orbitcpp-list] packages, etc.

[Brian C. <bc...@th...>]

On Sun, Feb 24, 2002 at 07:00:43PM +1100, Sam Couter wrote:
> It's safer to compile it yourself or use the version compiled by your
> distribution vendor (if there is one)

Requiring my users to compile support libraries isn't an option. Near as I can
tell there are no vendors that ship orbitcpp. Guess I'll use C wrappers. 

I suppose I could also distribute orbitcpp with the app and install the lib in
an app specific directory. Using wrappers is still probably easier.

Thanks,
b.c.

Re: [orbitcpp-list] packages, etc.

[Sam C. <sc...@bi...>]

Brian Craft <bc...@th...> wrote:
> Requiring my users to compile support libraries isn't an option. Near as =
I can
> tell there are no vendors that ship orbitcpp. Guess I'll use C wrappers.=
=20

Debian includes orbitcpp in the unstable and testing distributions, and
it will most likely be included in the release of woody (due Real Soon
Now).

Actually, I have to get it building under GCC 3.0 for it to be included
in woody, so that might not happen.

I don't know of any other distributions which include it though.
--=20
Sam "Eddie" Couter  |  mailto:sc...@bi...
Debian Developer    |  mailto:ed...@de...
                    |  jabber:sa...@ja...
OpenPGP fingerprint:  A46B 9BB5 3148 7BEA 1F05  5BD5 8530 03AE DE89 C75C