[Qgis-developer] Update to staged plugins

[Larry Shaffer]

Hi,

On Mon, Feb 18, 2013 at 8:20 PM, Larry Shaffer <larrys at dakotacarto.com>wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I've committed an update to python/plugins/CMakeLists.txt [0] that changes
> how staged plugins are built (resources generated and copied to [build
> dir]/output/python/plugins). Staged plugins allow plugins to be available
> when QGIS is run from the build directory and was originally coded by
> Sandro Santilli.
>
> When staging all plugins, use the following make targets after a regular
> QGIS build:
> *  staged_plugins - stage plugins (usually after repo pull/build and
> project make)
> *  staged_plugins_pyc - stage and byte-compile all Python scripts
> *  clean_staged_plugins - removes the plugins directory and all contents
>
> When developing on a plugin, use the following make targets:
> *  staged_[plugin_dir_name] - stage specific plugin, regenerating any
> changed resources
> *  clean_staged_[plugin_dir_name] - removes the plugin directory and its
> contents
>
> CMake options WITH_STAGED_PLUGINS and WITH_PY_COMPILE are still valid and
> just run 'staged_plugins' or 'staged_plugins_pyc' respectively (if
> WITH_STAGED_PLUGINS=TRUE) at the end of a regular project build.
>
> In the newly available workflow for running QGIS from build directory,
> leaving WITH_STAGED_PLUGINS=FALSE (should be as default now?), all above
> targets are still generated, but not built as part of ALL target. This
> allows a developer to set up their IDE with custom build process steps like
> so:
>
> * make
> * make staged_plugins (optional)
> * make install (optional)
>
> with 'make staged_plugins' capable of being built anytime after project
> build, making those project builds as fast as possible, as done here with
> QtCreator project setup [1].
>

Sandro has updated the target names to be more in-line with Gnu target
naming conventions (using - instead of _) [0]. Everything else, as far as
the workflow, remains the same.

Example: 'make staged_plugins' is now 'make staged-plugins'

Regards,

Larry

[0]
https://github.com/qgis/Quantum-GIS/commit/aba568b96a96f98cd68a75aec92fbefd63b129f0

>  If you work on core Python plugins, please let me know how the new
> workflow for making staged plugins works for you.
>  [0]
> https://github.com/qgis/Quantum-GIS/commit/e33bd25c62d87b55fc121030638b1f178a9aec36
> [1] http://drive.dakotacarto.com/qgis/make_staged_plugins.png
>
> Regards,
>
> Larry
>
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