I usually just "apt-get build-dep" on anything I need to build and use Scratch for my coding needs. But then again I'm not doing anything terribly complex code-wise.
I wouldn't be opposed to a developer meta-package, but the questions remains: What exactly would such a meta-package pull in? I'd definitely put any thoughts into this blueprint and we can discuss it further: https://blueprints.launchpad.net/elementaryos/+spec/dev-metapackage-elementary On Tue, Sep 4, 2012 at 12:46 PM, Sergey "Shnatsel" Davidoff < ser...@elementaryos.org> wrote: > Now I am fully aware that maybe this would be a hard work, and >> possiblylimiting to the fact that having everything shipped, would mean >> largeriso imageswhich then could be "bad" in terms of upload + updated >> state of the iso.So another idea to support this view would go towards a >> "ElementaryDeveloper MetaPackage" that would take care of preparing a nice >> development environment. >> > > Yep, it's on the radar, see > https://blueprints.launchpad.net/elementaryos/+spec/dev-metapackage-elementary(and > http://elementaryos.org/journal/how-see-what%E2%80%99s-our-sleeves on > using blueprints, if you're not familiar with them). > > But first we need an SDK to put into the metapackage, which we currently > don't have (in a complete or stable state at least). There's > GrabIt<https://code.launchpad.net/~elementary-os/elementaryos/grabit>but it's > not that great for novice devs anyway and Tom has a project > creation script, both of which should probably become a part of Euclide, > our work-in-progress IDE at some point... > > Right now we're too busy with getting Luna out of the door, but I'd expect > toolset and SDK work to happen right after Luna release. > > > If you want the libraries needed for developing our software, just use >> "sudo apt-get source", *any* developer should know how to get this kind >> of tools. Using bazaar to branch and build our tools from source is also >> something our developers *must* know how to do. >> > > apt-get source and bzr are by far not the most developer-friendly things. > In fact, apt-get source has absolutely nothing to do with developers at > all, and the fact that some people consider it so only proves that our > toolset is confusing. > > Not to mention that we don't even have an into into all these things, yet. > > -- > Sergey "Shnatsel" Davidoff > OS architect @ elementary > > -- > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~elementary-dev-community > Post to : elementary-dev-community@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~elementary-dev-community > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > > -- Best Regards, Daniel Foré elementaryos.org
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