Hi John, Documentation really is the way to go when it comes down to the build software. Work in this area is very much appreciated!
The basic requirement for documentation is, that it's kept up-to-date, maintained and concise. Documenting the build process needs to take care of * an update on any of the dependencies might trigger problems on other dependencies. updates on dependencies land all the time. * different systems already ship different dependencies which require different measures when building other dependencies. this leads to a complex mix of system and self-compiled dependencies. So we have two variables in here (variety of systems, changing library versions) that lead to a huge matrix of possible combinations. Combine that with the fact that both change over time. In my humble opinion, this makes it a humongous task to properly maintain. Normally, the way is that every project maintains the build steps for their own software and provides a list of dependencies. That's what we try to do here: https://htmlpreview.github.io/?https://github.com/qgis/QGIS/blob/master/doc/INSTALL.html I think it's best to provide information through inofficial channels * Set of scripts (for some preconditions) * Blog post written for one specific system at one point in time (documentation of what worked for someone) * External community wiki (that might be made official if it proves to be good enough) What I see as the main risk for the project itself by starting an official wiki for this purpose is that the information outdates quickly and people blame "us" for inappropriate information. Unless there is evidence that a wiki (for this or other purposes) can be maintained better now than some years ago, I think this information can be very well kept outside of the official sources. Just my 2 cents Matthias _______________________________________________ Qgis-developer mailing list Qgis-developer@lists.osgeo.org List info: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer Unsubscribe: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer
