Re: [Somelib] Linux makefiles now in CVS

[Thomas M. <tma...@ze...>]

John Palmieri wrote:

> SOMELib complies under Linux once again.  Well at least my Debian Linux
> (potato).  Grab the sources while they are hot.  The Makefiles are a tad
> messy and configure doesn't do much besides find out the compiler to
> use.  WHen compiling for the first time it spits out a bunch of file not
> found errors.  Don't worry as these are just the dependancy checking
> stuff and since I am not using recursive makes it gets a bit messed up.
> It should be fixed but my main goal was to just get it to compile.  Ne1
> out there want to maintian the linux build stuff.

You had given me the address of someone who had expressed interest in that
before.  I wrote him but received no response.  I seem to have lost those
emails, though.

> Tmake is great but not part of the GNU tool chain.  I would like to
> stick with gmake, and autoconf.  Automake creates unreadable makefiles
> so I stay away from it also.

I used tmake because of the Windows/*nix compatibility and simplicity.  I
have no problem with
maintaining autoconf and Windows project file separately.

>  I will write up guideline docs on how to create your own objects and
> compile them under linux in the near/distant future.  If people realy
> want this, let me know so I will kick my butt
> into gear othewise I have other more pressing things on my mind these
> days.  <SHAMELESS PLUG>One of which is my talk at LILUG the Long Island
> Linux User Group on developing for open source.  I still have to write
> it up so I don't know when I will give it but I am giving a big chunk of
> time descussing SOMELib and how it developed.  I'll let everyone know so
> you can check it out if you are in the NY area.</SHAMELESS PLUG>
>
> Well that is it.  Code is looking good and hopefully it will reach 1.0
> fairly soon.

Have you had the opportunity to use it much.  Feature requests would be
much appreciated.  I'm working on it when I can, but I'm low on ideas as to
what else to put in.

Do you think we should have kdoc/doxygen/whatever type comments in the code
to generate our API?

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