[maemo-developers] roadmap maemo build -- was: Re: osso/d-bus bug?

[From: Joshua Layne]

Charles Werbick wrote:
>> Hi Charles,
>>
>> This is great news!
>>
>> I seem to be cursed by my slowness, or perhaps I should say blessed.... as
>> I was planning on doing the same thing, but am very new to my N810 and do
>> not yet have the build environment complete due to lack of time.
>> Are you planning on submitting the changes to get it "hildonified" upstream
>> to the roadmap project as build options? (please please please).
>>
>>     
>
> Um, no. Not at this time. I really like roadmap. but in order to not
> kill myself managing dependencies I have converted the source to GNU
> automake tools.and removed  the map building programs. Also, d-bus
> services are generally declared in main() and since roadmap and
> roadgps share that function, significant changes to the source have
> been and will be required for hildonization. My goal is to make a
> hildonized roadmap client for maemo chinook. I do plan on converting
> the unmodified source to GNU automake tools and building a debian
> package.. If they want to upstream that big of a change, great!
>
>   
Wow!  Ok, I wasn't anticipating that much of a change.  I can't speak 
for the roadmap maintainer, so I don't know about automake, etc...  I do 
know that for angstrom builds, all of the map building functionality is 
left out via the bitbake recipe, so that isn't a unique need for maemo.

My main concern with the debian package path is ensuring that future 
changes will roll forward easily, so that it won't require a full 
rewrite every time roadmap versions bump.  You probably have much more 
experience (and expertise) with this type of thing than I do though.
>> . Can I help?
>>     
>
> Yes. Especially if you know libosso and/or d-bus. That's my hangup
> right now. Everyhing else is going well. Next step azfter that is
> state saving for preferences and hibernation.
>   
I don't know libosso or d-bus at all, but I am willing to learn.  From 
using your 1.1.0e package, my guess is that you are looking to handle 
the GPS on/off (it tries on program start, but seems to fail early, 
although I was able to get one fix).

I'll pull the source down and review what I have seen on GPS control in 
the maemo environment.  If there is any specific functionality that 
should be handled first, let me know.
>> Also, if you are not on the roadmap listserv, could you consider joining?
>>     
>
> maybe.
>
>   
It doesn't have a lot of traffic (probably less than 5 messages per day 
on average).  Particularly if any changes are moved upstream, it would 
nice to be able to discuss them with the maintainer on that list.


Rgds,
josh