[Sugar-devel] [ASLO] Release Oopsy-1

[Kartik Kumar Perisetla]

I agree with Walter, We should not bulkify the activity with gcc wrapped
within it for different arch. I will look into all the possible options for
installing gcc before activity is used(maybe on activity launch as
suggested by walter). Also I will take into suggestions provided by Tony to
make this activity lot easier and fun to use. I will also provide option
for children to select appropriate library for which an option gets added
during compilation/execution.

Regards,
Kartik Perisetla
On Jan 22, 2013 7:06 AM, "Walter Bender" <walter.bender at gmail.com> wrote:

> As per Tony's suggestion, I had been discussing with Kartik about
> using an alert to explain that gcc is needed rather than including it
> in the bundle. Especially considering multiple arch., it would make
> the bundle too large.
>
> I don't know what the general solution is,  but in the case of
> learning C, I don't think it is so onerous to expect some knowledge of
> Terminal.
>
> -walter
>
> On Mon, Jan 21, 2013 at 8:30 PM,  <forster at ozonline.com.au> wrote:
> > Thanks James
> >
> > If I understand,
> >
> > A developer makes a version of gcc that can run from
> ~/Activities/oopsy.activity , this is included in oopsy.xo bundle(maybe 2
> versions x86 and ARM), at install time (optionally oopsy checks for the
> presence of gcc and if not present then) oopsy installs gcc at
> ~/Activities/oopsy.activity .
> >
> > There is a 30MB bloat of oopsy.xo bundle and a possible 30MB bloat of
> the installed Activity.
> >
> > Right?
> > Tony
> >
> >> On Mon, Jan 21, 2013 at 09:11:08PM +1100, forster at ozonline.com.auwrote:
> >> > > On Mon, Jan 21, 2013 at 05:17:02PM +1100, forster at ozonline.com.auwrote:
> >> > > > Is there any way for them to install gcc?
> >> > >
> >> > > I've had a quick look at gcc 4.7.2 sources and they appear to
> support
> >> > > the usual --prefix method of configuring, so that they might be
> >> > > installed in the directories of a non-root user.
> >> >
> >> > Thanks James, good news if I understand. gcc would be recompiled?
> >> > Still installed with yum? Can simple instructions be written that
> >> > beginners could follow?
> >>
> >> Yes, gcc would be compiled by the person making a Sugar activity.
> >>
> >> Yes, yum would be needed by the person making a Sugar activity, but
> >> not the person installing the activity.
> >>
> >> Yes, instructions can always be simplified so that beginners could
> >> follow, but the investment in such work might not be warranted.  For
> >> an activity developer, the instructions can be scripted in the
> >> setup.py file.
> >>
> >> An activity that requires root should be clearly marked so that people
> >> without root won't waste their time downloading it.
> >>
> >> --
> >> James Cameron
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