On Thu, 2015-06-11 at 14:17 +0000, Lankswert, Patrick wrote:
> Gabriel and Kevron,
> 
> Regarding downloading dependencies during run time; this was addressing 
> several issues:
> - Downloading the dependency on demand on the build machines was easier than 
> sending a request to the LF to modify the build environment especially when 
> the moving the dependency up and down in version. This will be addressed 
> if/when we transition to docker for the build environment.
> - Folks would fail to download dependencies and could not determine what was 
> missing
> - Folks would download dependencies to the wrong directory
> - Folks would download the wrong version of the dependencies and report 
> issues as bugs

I'm not a huge fan either, and wish we would have done git submodules,
but that doesn't actually work for all of our dependencies.

> 
> Regarding unit tests; is 'TEST=0' currently a build option?
It IS an option, but it means "Don't Run Unit Tests (default)", not
"Don't build Unit Tests".

> 
> Regarding a 'make install' equivalent; I agree. Are you recommending the use 
> of your install script?

I wouldn't mind something like this, but I haven't seen any good patch
to do it yet, though I haven't looked at Gabriel's patch below.

> 
> Pat
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: iotivity-dev-bounces at lists.iotivity.org [mailto:iotivity-dev-
> > bounces at lists.iotivity.org] On Behalf Of Schulhof, Gabriel
> > Sent: Thursday, June 11, 2015 3:45 AM
> > To: Rees, Kevron M
> > Cc: iotivity-dev at lists.iotivity.org
> > Subject: Re: [dev] HashTag: FixMe
> > 
> > Hey!
> > 
> > On Thu, Jun 11, 2015 at 10:33 AM, Rees, Kevron <kevron.m.rees at intel.com>
> > wrote:
> > > My iotivity wish list:
> > >
> > > - Don't download dependencies during compile time.
> > > - Don't build unit tests if TEST=0
> > > - make install plz
> > 
> > Seconded. So far, I have
> > 
> > https://github.com/gabrielschulhof/iotivity/blob/install/install.sh and
> > https://github.com/gabrielschulhof/iotivity/blob/install/octbstack.pc.in
> > 
> > but evidently that's a stopgap.
> > 
> > Cheers!
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Gabriel
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