On 7 December 2011 11:27, Andrew Gough and...@goughy.org wrote:
It seems there is SCons support (python), CMake, Orbit (Ruby), DSSS
(D1 only?), xfbuild, dake, rdmd options - I've added preliminary D
support to premake.
Can I see your changes anywhere? I have a premake based project
On Mon, 19 Mar 2012 11:21:41 +0200
Manu turkey...@gmail.com wrote:
Can I see your changes anywhere? I have a premake based project
infrastructure that I'd like to incorporate some D code into.
https://bitbucket.org/goughy/premake-dev-d
Sincerely,
Gour
--
One is understood to be in full
Premake just runs a lua script. You can theoretically create any
installation script you like... although you would need to: premake
install, rather than: make install
On 3 January 2012 09:21, Gour g...@atmarama.net wrote:
On Tue, 3 Jan 2012 14:37:36 +1000
Danni Coy danni@gmail.com wrote:
You probably can but it doesn't come free out of the box like every other
build system I have tried on Linux. I have gotten around the problem before
(when I packaged libFuji) but it was a lot more work than using CMake.
On Tue, Jan 3, 2012 at 6:12 PM, Manu turkey...@gmail.com wrote:
Premake
Premake has good support for cross compilation - Which makes it possible to
use it to build executables for game consoles for instance. CMake can't
really do this (with some ugly hacks you can get close). On the other hand
Premake doesn't handle installation on a Linux/BSD system really at all -
On Tue, 3 Jan 2012 14:37:36 +1000
Danni Coy danni@gmail.com wrote:
Premake has good support for cross compilation - Which makes it
possible to use it to build executables for game consoles for
instance. CMake can't really do this (with some ugly hacks you can
On the other hand Premake
On Sat, 10 Dec 2011 11:25:18 +1100
Andrew Gough and...@goughy.org wrote:
Yep - as I say its only preliminary. At the moment it builds my
projects ok, but is probably not ready for production use, for
instance, arbitrary build flags are not passed through.
OK.
I'll clean it up, commit and
Yep - as I say its only preliminary. At the moment it builds my
projects ok, but is probably not ready for production use, for
instance, arbitrary build flags are not passed through.
I'll clean it up, commit and open a patch for review and inclusion
upstream. That'll take a few days,
On Thu, 8 Dec 2011 20:29:20 +1100
Andrew Gough and...@goughy.org wrote:
If there is enough interest, I can fix up some loose ends and try and
get the ball rolling again...
I got reply from premake developer and he told me that D support in only
in 'experimental' branch. Will you try to push it
On Fri, 9 Dec 2011 13:28:45 +0100
Gour g...@atmarama.net wrote:
On Thu, 8 Dec 2011 20:29:20 +1100
Andrew Gough and...@goughy.org wrote:
If there is enough interest, I can fix up some loose ends and try
and get the ball rolling again...
I got reply from premake developer and he told me
On 2011-12-07 19:02, Russel Winder wrote:
On Wed, 2011-12-07 at 14:38 +0100, Jacob Carlborg wrote:
[...]
Example:
$ tool build main.d
That's all that should be needed to build an executable. You could have
the same in a build script:
// buildfile
main.d
$ tool build
Currently with SCons,
On 2011-12-07 23:31, Jens Mueller wrote:
Gour wrote:
On Wed, 7 Dec 2011 22:39:34 +0200
Manuturkey...@gmail.com wrote:
premake supports D? I was planning to add D support to premake
myself, but that's wonderful news. I'll add support for VisualD if it
is not already done.
Didn't hear about
On Thu, Dec 8, 2011 at 1:06 AM, Jacob Carlborg d...@me.com wrote:
On 2011-12-07 23:31, Jens Mueller wrote:
Gour wrote:
On Wed, 7 Dec 2011 22:39:34 +0200
Manuturkey...@gmail.com wrote:
premake supports D? I was planning to add D support to premake
myself, but that's wonderful news. I'll
On 8 December 2011 10:15, Brad Anderson e...@gnuk.net wrote:
On Thu, Dec 8, 2011 at 1:06 AM, Jacob Carlborg d...@me.com wrote:
On 2011-12-07 23:31, Jens Mueller wrote:
Gour wrote:
On Wed, 7 Dec 2011 22:39:34 +0200
Manuturkey...@gmail.com wrote:
premake supports D? I was planning to
On Wed, 07 Dec 2011 14:03:02 +
Russel Winder rus...@russel.org.uk wrote:
On Wed, 2011-12-07 at 22:00 +1100, Andrew Gough wrote:
[...]
I'm suggesting that the current multi-pronged approach to providing
a workable build system is hampered by the multitude of directions
and could
On Wed, 7 Dec 2011 20:56:17 +0100
Jens Mueller jens.k.muel...@gmx.de wrote:
Andrew Gough wrote:
On Tue, 06 Dec 2011 18:14:25 +
Russel Winder rus...@russel.org.uk wrote:
SCons is a Python-based build tool to replace Make and much of the
Autotools functionality. It has D support
On Wed, 7 Dec 2011 22:39:34 +0200
Manu turkey...@gmail.com wrote:
premake supports D? I was planning to add D support to premake
myself, but that's wonderful news. I'll add support for VisualD if it
is not already done.
GDC is also important. Great news! :)
I'd be happy to continue - I
On Wed, 07 Dec 2011 14:03:02 +
Russel Winder rus...@russel.org.uk wrote:
On Wed, 2011-12-07 at 22:00 +1100, Andrew Gough wrote:
[...]
I'm suggesting that the current multi-pronged approach to providing
a workable build system is hampered by the multitude of directions
and could
Andrew Gough wrote:
On Wed, 7 Dec 2011 22:39:34 +0200
Manu turkey...@gmail.com wrote:
premake supports D? I was planning to add D support to premake
myself, but that's wonderful news. I'll add support for VisualD if it
is not already done.
GDC is also important. Great news! :)
Gour wrote:
On Wed, 7 Dec 2011 23:31:10 +0100
Jens Mueller jens.k.muel...@gmx.de wrote:
The nice thing about premake is that it is build using Lua. So you
have a full language at your disposal.
Heh, that much I could see quickly...Something like Scons/Waf...
CMake's configuration
On 2011-12-08 09:15, Brad Anderson wrote:
On Thu, Dec 8, 2011 at 1:06 AM, Jacob Carlborg d...@me.com
Is Lua an external dependency or compiled into the executable?
--
/Jacob Carlborg
It's built in. Premake is distributed as a single executable on all
platforms.
That's good and
On 2011-12-08 10:13, Andrew Gough wrote:
The reasons I chose premake were primarily:
1. No external dependencies (lua embedded in an executable)
2. Simple configuration
3. Cross platform
4. Generates native build scripts: make, VS, Code::Blocks etc etc
I have to point out that I have only
On Thu, 08 Dec 2011 11:23:18 +0100
Jacob Carlborg d...@me.com wrote:
On 2011-12-08 10:13, Andrew Gough wrote:
The reasons I chose premake were primarily:
1. No external dependencies (lua embedded in an executable)
2. Simple configuration
3. Cross platform
4. Generates native build
On 12/8/2011 6:13 PM, Andrew Gough wrote:
On Wed, 7 Dec 2011 20:56:17 +0100
Jens Muellerjens.k.muel...@gmx.de wrote:
Andrew Gough wrote:
On Tue, 06 Dec 2011 18:14:25 +
Russel Winderrus...@russel.org.uk wrote:
SCons is a Python-based build tool to replace Make and much of the
Autotools
On 12/8/2011 6:29 PM, Andrew Gough wrote:
On Wed, 7 Dec 2011 22:39:34 +0200
Manuturkey...@gmail.com wrote:
premake supports D? I was planning to add D support to premake
myself, but that's wonderful news. I'll add support for VisualD if it
is not already done.
GDC is also important. Great
On 8 December 2011 15:27, Mike Parker aldac...@gmail.com wrote:
On 12/8/2011 6:29 PM, Andrew Gough wrote:
On Wed, 7 Dec 2011 22:39:34 +0200
Manuturkey...@gmail.com wrote:
premake supports D? I was planning to add D support to premake
myself, but that's wonderful news. I'll add support
On 2011-12-08 12:18, Andrew Gough wrote:
On Thu, 08 Dec 2011 11:23:18 +0100
Jacob Carlborgd...@me.com wrote:
On 2011-12-08 10:13, Andrew Gough wrote:
The reasons I chose premake were primarily:
1. No external dependencies (lua embedded in an executable)
2. Simple configuration
3. Cross
No problem. I disagree and think that a cross platform build
generator
that leverages native build tools is a better approach and
provides
more flexibility in the long run. Particularly for Windows VS
users or
people tied to an IDE - configuration that generates to various
IDE
build scripts
On Thu, 8 Dec 2011 20:13:29 +1100
Andrew Gough and...@goughy.org wrote:
I have to point out that I have only added DMD+make support as that is
all I needed at the time, but have plans (who doesn't :-D) to add
support for LDC, GDC, and other build chains.
Does premake support building SWIG
On Thu, 8 Dec 2011 20:29:20 +1100
Andrew Gough and...@goughy.org wrote:
If there is enough interest, I can fix up some loose ends and try and
get the ball rolling again...
+1
--
In this endeavor there is no loss or diminution,
and a little advancement on this path can protect
one from the
Andrew Gough and...@goughy.org wrote in message
news:20111207202725.5adae...@goughy.org...
It seems there is SCons support (python), CMake, Orbit (Ruby), DSSS
(D1 only?), xfbuild, dake, rdmd options - I've added preliminary D
support to premake.
xfbuild and rdmd are not really build managers.
On 2011-12-08 16:19, Kagamin wrote:
No problem. I disagree and think that a cross platform build generator
that leverages native build tools is a better approach and provides
more flexibility in the long run. Particularly for Windows VS users or
people tied to an IDE - configuration that
On Thu, 08 Dec 2011 16:19:27 +0100
Kagamin s...@here.lot wrote:
No problem. I disagree and think that a cross platform build
generator
that leverages native build tools is a better approach and
provides
more flexibility in the long run. Particularly for Windows VS
users or
On Thu, 8 Dec 2011 15:39:59 +0200
Manu turkey...@gmail.com wrote:
On 8 December 2011 15:27, Mike Parker aldac...@gmail.com wrote:
On 12/8/2011 6:29 PM, Andrew Gough wrote:
On Wed, 7 Dec 2011 22:39:34 +0200
Manuturkey...@gmail.com wrote:
premake supports D? I was planning to add D
On 12/9/2011 2:04 AM, Gour wrote:
On Thu, 8 Dec 2011 20:13:29 +1100
Andrew Goughand...@goughy.org wrote:
I have to point out that I have only added DMD+make support as that is
all I needed at the time, but have plans (who doesn't :-D) to add
support for LDC, GDC, and other build chains.
On Fri, 09 Dec 2011 09:28:52 +0900
Mike Parker aldac...@gmail.com wrote:
Not out of the box, but it would be trivial to add as a custom Action.
Thank you.
All in all, premake looks very interesting clean.
Sincerely,
Gour
--
Bewildered by the modes of material nature, the ignorant fully
On Tue, 06 Dec 2011 18:14:25 +
Russel Winder rus...@russel.org.uk wrote:
SCons is a Python-based build tool to replace Make and much of the
Autotools functionality. It has D support as part of the core. This
support is though in need of development.
The new Mercurial/BitBucket
On Wed, 2011-12-07 at 20:27 +1100, Andrew Gough wrote:
[...]
I think the build tool question is in need of the same level of high
level design and support that Steve Teale is working on for
std.database/std.sql.
I am not sure I quite get that, sorry.
It seems there is SCons support (python),
On Wed, 07 Dec 2011 09:54:08 +
Russel Winder rus...@russel.org.uk wrote:
On Wed, 2011-12-07 at 20:27 +1100, Andrew Gough wrote:
[...]
I think the build tool question is in need of the same level of high
level design and support that Steve Teale is working on for
std.database/std.sql.
On 2011-12-07 10:27, Andrew Gough wrote:
On Tue, 06 Dec 2011 18:14:25 +
Russel Winderrus...@russel.org.uk wrote:
SCons is a Python-based build tool to replace Make and much of the
Autotools functionality. It has D support as part of the core. This
support is though in need of
On 2011-12-07 10:54, Russel Winder wrote:
On Wed, 2011-12-07 at 20:27 +1100, Andrew Gough wrote:
[...]
I think the build tool question is in need of the same level of high
level design and support that Steve Teale is working on for
std.database/std.sql.
I am not sure I quite get that, sorry.
On Wed, 2011-12-07 at 22:00 +1100, Andrew Gough wrote:
[...]
I'm suggesting that the current multi-pronged approach to providing a
workable build system is hampered by the multitude of directions and
could benefit from some initial discussion, consensus and design.
OK. It is a valid point,
On Wed, 2011-12-07 at 14:38 +0100, Jacob Carlborg wrote:
[...]
What I see as the advantage of a new build system is that it can be
developed specifically for D which could make the tool very easy to use.
Example:
$ tool build main.d
Go has gone to the extreme with this, they have a
On Wed, 07 Dec 2011 14:38:04 +0100
Jacob Carlborg d...@me.com wrote:
What I see as the advantage of a new build system is that it can be
developed specifically for D which could make the tool very easy to
use. Example:
$ tool build main.d
That's all that should be needed to build an
On 2011-12-07 15:03, Russel Winder wrote:
Having watched what happened with Gant, Gradle, Buildr, sbt, Leiningen,
Rake, Bake, Rant, Ant, Maven, make, Cmake, Autotools, etc. I fear the
overall effect of a focused on D build tool, whether build from
scratch or over another framework. Specialist
On 2011-12-07 15:06, Russel Winder wrote:
On Wed, 2011-12-07 at 14:38 +0100, Jacob Carlborg wrote:
[...]
What I see as the advantage of a new build system is that it can be
developed specifically for D which could make the tool very easy to use.
Example:
$ tool build main.d
Go has gone to
On 2011-12-07 15:15, Gour wrote:
On Wed, 07 Dec 2011 14:38:04 +0100
Jacob Carlborgd...@me.com wrote:
What I see as the advantage of a new build system is that it can be
developed specifically for D which could make the tool very easy to
use. Example:
$ tool build main.d
That's all that
Jacob Carlborg Wrote:
On 2011-12-07 15:06, Russel Winder wrote:
On Wed, 2011-12-07 at 14:38 +0100, Jacob Carlborg wrote:
[...]
What I see as the advantage of a new build system is that it can be
developed specifically for D which could make the tool very easy to use.
Example:
$
On Wed, 2011-12-07 at 14:38 +0100, Jacob Carlborg wrote:
[...]
Example:
$ tool build main.d
That's all that should be needed to build an executable. You could have
the same in a build script:
// buildfile
main.d
$ tool build
Currently with SCons, you type:
$ scons
and the
Andrew Gough wrote:
On Tue, 06 Dec 2011 18:14:25 +
Russel Winder rus...@russel.org.uk wrote:
SCons is a Python-based build tool to replace Make and much of the
Autotools functionality. It has D support as part of the core. This
support is though in need of development.
The new
premake supports D? I was planning to add D support to premake myself, but
that's wonderful news. I'll add support for VisualD if it is not already
done.
GDC is also important. Great news! :)
On 7 December 2011 21:56, Jens Mueller jens.k.muel...@gmx.de wrote:
Andrew Gough wrote:
On Tue, 06
On Wed, 7 Dec 2011 22:39:34 +0200
Manu turkey...@gmail.com wrote:
premake supports D? I was planning to add D support to premake
myself, but that's wonderful news. I'll add support for VisualD if it
is not already done.
Didn't hear about premake before...how does it compare with e.g. Cmake?
Gour wrote:
On Wed, 7 Dec 2011 22:39:34 +0200
Manu turkey...@gmail.com wrote:
premake supports D? I was planning to add D support to premake
myself, but that's wonderful news. I'll add support for VisualD if it
is not already done.
Didn't hear about premake before...how does it
On Wed, 7 Dec 2011 23:31:10 +0100
Jens Mueller jens.k.muel...@gmx.de wrote:
The nice thing about premake is that it is build using Lua. So you
have a full language at your disposal.
Heh, that much I could see quickly...Something like Scons/Waf...
CMake's configuration language is not that
On 2011-12-07 16:49, Paulo Pinto wrote:
Jacob Carlborg Wrote:
On 2011-12-07 15:06, Russel Winder wrote:
On Wed, 2011-12-07 at 14:38 +0100, Jacob Carlborg wrote:
[...]
What I see as the advantage of a new build system is that it can be
developed specifically for D which could make the tool
On 2011-12-07 19:02, Russel Winder wrote:
On Wed, 2011-12-07 at 14:38 +0100, Jacob Carlborg wrote:
[...]
Example:
$ tool build main.d
That's all that should be needed to build an executable. You could have
the same in a build script:
// buildfile
main.d
$ tool build
Currently with SCons,
On 2011-12-07 20:56, Jens Mueller wrote:
I'm unsure whether D needs its own configuration/build tool. It
definitely needs a package manager.
For building there are different options but usually it's make. Most
people (at least for sure on Unix variants) are using it. I think Scons
does both
SCons is a Python-based build tool to replace Make and much of the
Autotools functionality. It has D support as part of the core. This
support is though in need of development.
The new Mercurial/BitBucket infrastructure for developing SCons
(replacing the old Subversion/Tigris set up) is now in
Is anyone else other than me interested in using SCons as a build tool
with D code? If there is, perhaps we can collaborate in some way to
progress SCons support for all the various realizations of D?
I am interested. SCons is my build tool of choice (for C/C++),a lthough
I also use fbuild
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