[openbeos] Re: BeIDE Projects?!
- From: "Jonathan Tarbox" <jtarbox@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <openbeos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2002 15:55:07 -0600
NewOS, the kernel we're using, uses makefile (GNU Make to be exact).. so..
as for the whole tree using Jam.. prolly not gonna happen.
-jtarbox
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ithamar R. Adema" <ithamar@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <openbeos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2002 3:47 PM
Subject: [openbeos] Re: BeIDE Projects?!
> Hi Nathan,
>
> >I just downloaded the OBOS CVS. It has next to nothing in it (shame on
> >you!). What it has, and is not the kernel, consists in large part of
> >BeIDE projects (shame on you again!). Please use makefiles. They run
> on
> >ppc and x86 and are a standard. Also, you can do batch makes of the
> >project to compile the whole tree.
>
> Hehe, I would prefer everyone to use Jamfiles :) For those of you who
> aren't Jamming often, I'm refering to a tool called Jam/MR, a cool
> portable tool for doing the same things as in Makefiles but then
> readable :)
>
> I'm going to publish a setup for the buildsystem start of next week,
> which uses Jam, and the Jamfiles look like this:
>
> ------- snip here ---------
> SubDir OBOS_TOP sources obos kits Printing ;
>
> #print_server defs
> Server print_server : print_server.cpp ;
> LinkSharedOSLibs print_server : be root ;
> AddResources print_server : print_server.FileTypes.rsrc ;
>
> #Printers defs
> Preference Printers : Printers.cpp ;
> LinkSharedOSLibs Printers : be root ;
> AddResources Printers : Printers.FileTypes.rsrc ;
>
> #Print To File defs
> Addon "Print To File" : Print transport : PrintToFile.cpp ;
> LinkSharedOSLibs "Print To File" : be root ;
> AddResources "Print To File" : PrintToFile.FileTypes.rsrc ;
>
> #PrintJob lib defs
> SharedLibrary PrintJob : PrintJob.cpp ;
> LinkSharedOSLibs PrintJob : be root ;
> AddResources libPrintJob.so : PrintJob.FileTypes.rsrc ;
> ------------- to here------------
>
> >I would suggest an absolute moratorium on BeIDE projects in CVS.
>
> I couldn't agree more on that, although, up till now, it is the easiest
> thing to do :)
>
> Regards,
>
> Ithamar.
>
> PS: The stuff I'm going to publish is a proposal, and I'm always open
> for suggestions :)
>
>
>
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