[Qgis-developer] Re: [Qgis-user] qgis2google

[G. Allegri]

Nice topic.
My two cents. We cannot ask a "power user" to release its tools
cross-platform as a requirement. This is a must for the official
development, but probably most of the power users work on a single
environment.
So we can kindly ask for the possibility to have a tool
cross-platform, but if the developer cannot accomplish it (at least
not immediatly) a clear "how-to" to compile by ourselves could fill
the time gaps between cross-platform releases.

I think it would help a lot to make make an effort to standardize the
compile/build process for Linux (it's already quite easy), Windows
(not so easy!!!), Mac (I don't know...) to put an end-user, if he
wants, to compile plugins (both C++ and python) by itself.
I've tried with Windows... but I've given up, lost between nmake,
MSVC, different libraries flavours, manglings between OsGeo4W
libraries and the system's ones... Jurgen knows what I'm talking about
:-(

Anyway, I'm on the research side of the story. I prefer to use then compile :)

giovanni

2009/10/21 Barend Köbben <kobben at itc.nl>:
> I'm all for that, but again, please note that
>> a compilation guide for users
> is a 'contradictio in terminis' , ie. an average user should not have to
> compile, with or without a guide....
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> On 21-10-09 17:41, "Maxim Dubinin" <sim at gis-lab.info> wrote:
>
>> I guess we need policy written out for C++ plugins, how users are
>> going to get them under Linux, what devs should do to make user's life
>> easier, may be a compilation guide for users etc.
>>
>> Hackfest topic?
>>
>> Maxim
>>
>> Вы писали 21 октября 2009 г., 10:37:37:
>>
>>
>> PC> On Wed, 21 Oct 2009 16:58:35 +0200, "G. Allegri" <giohappy at gmail.com>
>> PC> wrote:
>>
>>>> I absolutely agree with you! I'm a geologist/soil scientist (as you),
>>>> and I prefer to concentrate on my research rather then learning build
>>>> systems and compile environments... I just do/try by myself in cases I
>>>> can't wait for a developer to build something for me
>>
>> PC> Sure. End users shouldn't build anything.
>> PC> Please note however that windows users have now an excellent opportunity:
>> PC> installing qgis-dev from osgeo4w gives you the latest qgis from previous
>> PC> day, precompiled.
>> PC> All the best.
>>
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