[Sugar-devel] Simplifying sugar-jhbuild

[Sascha Silbe]

On Thu, May 21, 2009 at 01:34:20PM +0200, NoiseEHC wrote:

> For example by autodetecting the Linux distro, it could create a full  
> command line. Of course, if it could be automated then it should just  
> say something:
> "The following dependencies are missing: <long list here>. To install  
> them, type in your root password: <type here>".
Certainly possible, though I have some thoughts regarding the details 
(e.g. the user shouldn't ever type any password into a random program). 
Please file a feature request upstream (i.e. at Gnome).

> And why shall I run jhbuild 3 times anyway? It could have a default  
> option when it does an "update" then "depscheck" and then a "build"...
Actually you only need to run it two times, as the "update" part is 
redundant:

[1]:
> (Note that build will update first anyway, so run update separately if 
> you want to see what changed more easily.)

I agree it's a bit buried, improvements are welcome.
Regarding doing a default macro consisting of depscheck + build, it's a 
good idea. Please file a bug at dev.sugarlabs.org against sugar-jhbuild 
so I don't forget about it. Patches are welcome, of course (take a look 
at sjhbuild/main.py). :)


[1] http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Development_Team/Jhbuild#Other_commands

CU Sascha

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