[maemo-developers] [maemo-developers] Jhbuild + Maemo

[From: Carlos.Guerreiro at nokia.com]

Hi,

> > > > I created a .modules file for jhbuild and got it working. 
> > > Here's some
> > > > help on using it:
> > > > http://maemo.org/maemowiki/MaemoWithJhbuild%7cBuilding
> > > > 
> > > > This saves me a lot of time and fiddling when I need to 
> > > write a patch
> > > > for the hildon libraries, and for working on the C++ bindings.
> > > 
> > > It would be best to put the jhbuild .modules file into maemo's SVN
> > > repository so that maemo developers can easily update the 
> > > dependencies,
> > > branch names, and versions when needed. jhbuild can then 
> access it via
> > > the http URL at
> > > https://stage.maemo.org/svn/maemo/projects/haf/trunk/
> > > 
> > > So, may I have permission to add a jhbuild_modules module 
> > > there in SVN?
> > > I think I already have the rights to do that.
> > 
> > It would be really cool to try out jhbuild on stage and I don't
> > see any problem in having the .modules file there as such.
> 
> I don't seem to have access to create directories in
> projects/haf/trunk/. I guess I only have access to contrib/. 
> Can you do
> anything about that?
> 
> > However, could a way be found to avoid having to maintain
> > build dependencies in one more place in addition to configure.ac
> > and the debian control file?
> 
> I doubt that would be easy. Nobody has managed to do that 
> elsewhere, and
> I wouldn't expect to achieve it just for maemo.
> 
> In particular, configure.ac dependencies tend to be expressed in a
> variety of almost freeform ways, and debian package names are 
> not always
> the same as source tarball names or pkg-config or .so names.

Yeah, it's not an easy problem.
Anyway, let's try this out. At this point I cannot _require_ maemo
developers to update the .modules file themselves but I expect some
will do it and I can help you fill out the remainder.

Regarding the placement of the .modules file I suggest we create a
directory projects/haf/jhbuild and grant you access there.

How does that sound?

Br,
Carlos