[getting back to this old thread for a moment. See below] On 09/23/2015 11:01 AM, Damjan Jovanovic wrote: > On Wed, Sep 23, 2015 at 5:26 PM, Kay Schenk <kay.sch...@gmail.com> wrote: >> On Wed, Sep 23, 2015 at 2:09 AM, Damjan Jovanovic <dam...@apache.org> wrote: >> >>> Hi >>> >>> I see there was a historical attempt to upgrade the build environment >>> to gbuild which migrated some modules >>> (https://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Build_Environment_Effort), and a >>> more recent attempt, Capstone 2013, to get AOO to build in Visual >>> Studio. >>> >>> Have we chosen a final build system yet? >>> >>> The reason I ask is that I became quite familiar with gbuild in the >>> course of migrating our unit tests to Google Test, and have already >>> successfully migrated one dmake module (formula) to gbuild, so if >>> there are no objections, I am going commit those changes and carry on >>> migrating other modules. >>> >> >> Go for it! When you say "migration" do you mean a COMPLETE changeover or >> would we have both the dmake approach and gbuild for a time? It's important >> to use a build system that has more universal acceptance in my opinion. > > The ultimate goal is a complete changeover, but of course I plan to do > it slowly and carefully, a module at a time, testing on all platforms > before committing, and aim for the intermediate goal documented at the > end of > https://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Build_Environment_Effort/Module_Migration, > which is to migrate the "late" modules building after svx first, so > that a single GNU make process can then be used for them all and > build.pl for them eliminated. Then, I presume, the rest of the modules > can be gradually pulled into this "good" module group. > >> IMO, the important thing is to use gbuild and not necessarily emphasize the >> Visual Studio aspect. > > +1. > >> And, THANK YOU for taking this on. > > Pleasure, and help is welcome ;-).
== HELP, TOO MANY MAKEFILES == I started looking at what's been done so far. And, due to the fact that dmake also uses makefiles, what's the correct way to invoke GNU make for a build? It looks like the "main" makefile for what's been migrated so far is /main/Module_ooo.mk (?) Is there any way to test our actual make file changes on a per module basis? > >>> >>> Our current hybrid build.pl + dmake/gbuild system is complex, ugly, >>> slow, unreliable, and hard to maintain, and I believe it's also a >>> barrier of entry for new developers >>> >> >> I think many of us would agree with this. Although, the current build.pl >> does provide some nicety in its own way. >> >> >>> (https://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Build_System_Analysis). LO has >>> already migrated their build system to pure gbuild. Shouldn't we? >>> >>> Regards >>> Damjan >>> >>> >> >> -- >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> MzK >> >> “The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.” >> --Lao Tzu > > Damjan > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org > -- -------------------------------------------- MzK "Though no one can go back and make a brand new start, anyone can start from now and make a brand new ending." -- Carl Bard --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org
