Re: [Sablevm-developer] Short release status - almost there...

[Chris P. <chr...@ma...>]

Grzegorz B. Prokopski wrote:

> W li=B6cie z nie, 15-02-2004, godz. 12:58, Chris Pickett pisze:=20
>=20
>>Etienne Gagnon wrote:
>>
>>>Another thing:  I do really think that "./configure ; make ; make inst=
all"
>>>should work out-of-the-box for sablevm-x.y.z.tar.gz and for
>>>sablevm-classpath-x.y.z.tar.gz.  Currently, it is broken for
>>>sablevm-classpath (as you need to pass specific configure options to g=
et
>>>a sablevm usable build).  Assume that the typical user WILL NOT read t=
he
>>>README file nor the INSTALL files and will simply go ahead and type th=
e
>>>standard commands above.  [Alternatively, you could make sure that
>>>"./configure" fails for sablevm-classpath, and issues a message inviti=
ng
>>>the user to read the README and INSTALL files...]
>>>
>>>The worst situation is if a user does the standard commands, gets no b=
uild
>>>error message, yet gets "could not start vm" when trying to run HelloW=
orld.
>>>
>>>What do you think?
>>
>>I think adjusting classpath's configure.ac to recognize our options as =

>>defaults should not be too hard (including --enable-gtk-peer=3Dno as de=
fault).
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>=20
> No GTK? Why?! IMO this one surely should be "yes" by default.

I don't know, I was thinking that a minimal barrier to success was good. =

  It's just one more dependency to take care of.  It's really fine=20
either way.

> OTOH I'd love to have some not-too-big AWT app with which I could
> test this feature (not gnome-java). Any suggestions?

You might find something here:

http://www.epcc.ed.ac.uk/javagrande/links.html


>>On the other hand, it is also not too hard to include David's=20
>>build_sablevm-classpath script.
>=20
>=20
> I think adjusting configure would be better percieved by the users, as
> ./configure [ --prefix=3D... ]; make ; make install
> is what works for 90% of the free software.

okay :)  The only reason I made the comment was because I thought it=20
might make it easier to merge classpath updates from upstream.  But I=20
agree:  ./configure [ --prefix=3D... ]; make ; make install is best for=20
the end user.  It also tends to indicate a well-maintained piece of=20
software.

Chris