The main reason for tazwok was the depends check. With nearly 3000 packages > its better for tazwok to know what is needed if its not in build depends. > This allowed receipts to be more in line with archlinux PKGBUILDs. The > makedepends is only used when needed. In slitaz BUILD_DEPENDS is used for > almost every package cause it doesn't detect. > > Just my 2 cents on this. > > > This is a great feature. I guess we will now have a great build app.
> On Mon, May 9, 2011 at 8:11 PM, Christophe Lincoln <[email protected]>wrote: > >> >> Hi all, >> >> He is a small resume of the situation and why I'm working on cookutils >> and not just make 4.0 >> >> * From end of last year wok was fozen but update never stops >> * When I was in holiday in december/janury some people decided to >> use an experimental tools as main build tools, it broke a lot of >> things and delayed to release cycle. >> * Tank was crashing a lot and then FSF said they cant' handle the >> load so we had to find and put in place a new server (Thank again >> to Thomas, the box work like a charm) and this delayed again the >> release cycle. >> * When I realize that and realize the huge and incredibale work >> done on Tazwok in the same time, I thought "ok we cant revert that >> we must give this tazwok-exerimental it chance" >> * It's what we done and we used new Tazwok on Tank, but 3 month >> later new tazwok was still not running as a build bot and is >> difficult to maintain on Tank for me and other tank maintainers. >> * Worse, with last cooking we got a lot of kernel panic, this is >> very bad. With help on the forum we found that thes kernel panics >> was caused by a change in kernel processor type. >> * To fix this kernel issue I changed linux config, but then API >> change and a lot of packages must be rebuild (that normal and I >> was ready to rebuild them) so I wanted to rebuild toolchain on >> tank with tazwok and it fails 3 times. This was to much and the >> first reason to start new cookutils. >> * I all this time I got private mail and read here on the list >> complain about new tazwok to difficult to use and improve if you >> not a guru: second reason to code cookutils. >> * Finaly, we want a build bot working on tank before 4.0, because >> we want a build bot for stable and cooking, this let us send >> upgrade to stable easily and got packages builded automaticaly. >> >> The goal is not the release for release but to release a stable >> version, so we will release when ready. I think it's not a problem >> since SliTaz have 5 years now and we NEEDED huge change is build system >> because they was wrote when slitaz had 300-400 packages but handling >> nearly 3000 package is an other story. >> >> Now we need help to test cookutils and in a few times (say 10 days) we >> will need packages testing. I also think Godane would apreciate help on >> Tazwok since Gokhaley a less time to debug it now and also would >> apreciate help on test slitaz source DVD. >> >> Hope it's help to clarify the situation, >> - Christophe >> >> --- >> SliTaz GNU/Linux Mailing list - http://www.slitaz.org/ >> >> >
