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[G. Allegri]

With fewer words, it would be nice to have a "compile and build C++
plugins for (linux|osgeo4w|mac) for dummies"  :-)
giovanni

2009/10/21, G. Allegri <giohappy at gmail.com>:
> 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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>> Barend Köbben
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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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