[PD-dev] CVS to SVN ?

[Hans-Christoph Steiner]

On Jan 3, 2008, at 3:39 AM, IOhannes m zmoelnig wrote:

> Hans-Christoph Steiner wrote:
>> On Jan 2, 2008, at 2:52 AM, IOhannes m zmoelnig wrote:
>>
>> svn co pure-data
>> cd pure-data/packages/darwin_app
>> ./configure --disable-all-externals  --enable-zexy --enable-iemmatrix
>> make && make package
>> And voila, you have your custom distro.  For a different  
>> platform,  you would do this:
>
> ah, i think we do not agree on what a "custom distro" means.
> it seems like for you, a custom distro is a (possibly stripped)  
> flavour of the full pd-extended distro.
> for me, a custom distro is (e.g.), a pd-application that needs  
> several externals and comes with all these externals.

It sounds like we have the exact same idea of custom distros.  For  
me, Pd-extended is a specific distro that includes a wide range of  
things that is intended to be the same on all platforms, like how  
Debian is the same on all the different CPUs/platforms.  What I am  
describing is a common build system that can be used to make any  
distro, from pd-extended to a pd-application that you describe.

>
> please let's not go into the "why don't you use pd-extended then"  
> discussion again.
>
>> As for requiring the "packages" section, there is no reason why it  
>> is  that why it is that way beside that is the way that it  
>> currently  works.  I think that all of this stuff probably should  
>> be included in  pd/src/configure.in.
>
> please never ever.
> put it into cvsroot/pure-data/configure.in, but leave out pd/src/  
> and the kernel-configuration.

I don't understand the objection to using a directory called  
"packages".  How is that any different than "externals"?  I don't  
think it's a great layout, but it isn't bad, and it is about as good  
as we can get considering that the "pd" section is basically off  
limits.  I am open to suggestions to improvements, but "it is bad"  
isn't helpful or constructive.

.hc



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