[maemo-developers] [maemo-developers] Building maemo from cvs

[From: Peter Robinson]

> > > Is there any documentation anywhere about building (and using) maemo
> > > from svn, installed in a separate prefix, or should I start a new page
> > > on the maemo wiki?
> >
> > Along this track is there a apt where you can use a rawhide style
> > system running the latest builds of maemo from svn?
>
> That'd be fantastic too. Like using either Ubuntu's Stable or Unstable
> repositories.
>
> I guess it would need resources though. If Nokia need a justification
> for this, it should be increased testing. It's great to hear almost
> immediately when your changes have broken something. Well, it's better
> than hearing about it later.

It also makes it easier for devs who are writing software that needs
the newer libs that would probably be in the newer release allowing
for extra software to be available essentially the same time as a new
major release. It also means that you don't need to do funky things
like install a parallel install of dbus in /usr/local and do funky
things with shell env vars to get pkgconfig to find it!

Peter

Peter