Hi Luigi,
What about having a repo of "working recipes" where people who "have the
itch and have successfully scratched" can share the recipe in a somehow
formalized way.
In my previous mail, I' m suggesting use of Cmake external projects as a
way to formalize download,unpack,patch,configure,make and install.... we
could also think for simple plugins, some high level read-write testing
based on osgconv.
Yes, I agree with the principle of CMakePorts. It seemed promising about
a year ago when it was announced, has any progress been made since then?
Seems to me it has always built the same small list of dependencies, no
more... Of course, if people don't get involved, it won't progress. So I
would second your suggestion to Adrian that he somehow contribute to
that instead of making / asking for binaries. It'll profit more people
if he does that.
What about automating the download+install process? would it be still
illegal?
You'd have to check the QuickTime SDK's licensing terms, but
traditionally any large corporate entity (say Microsoft, Apple, etc.)
who distributes an SDK will object if some other site hosts their
binaries, but not if some other site simply automates the process. Of
course, you then have the responsibility to make sure the download link
you use stays valid / is updated when it changes on that entity's web
site... And sometimes they may use devious tricks like scripts / cookies
that will block automated downloading from a fixed link and will force a
human user to manually download it.
However those are the minority of dependencies... If one or two
dependencies need the user to download something, but most others (say
10 or 20) can be downloaded automatically, then there's already a huge
net gain in using your system.
J-S
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