Created attachment 35538 [details] gpg pubkey I am currently working on X-JHBuild and was wondering if it qualifies for a fd.o repo. I've already added hooks for jhbuid commands, and the cwd-module behavior is taking on shape. There's an ACLOCAL fix.
Created attachment 35539 [details] ssh pubkey
Name : Dirk Wallenstein Email : halsmit@t-online.de Account : dirkwall
What is the relation between X-JHBuild and JHBuild? From mailing list posts it looks like a wrapper around JHBuild and I'm not sure why this is considered appropriate for freedesktop.org rather than just being folded into JHBuild itself? Please enlighten me.
(In reply to comment #3) > What is the relation between X-JHBuild and JHBuild? From mailing list posts it > looks like a wrapper around JHBuild and I'm not sure why this is considered > appropriate for freedesktop.org rather than just being folded into JHBuild > itself? > > Please enlighten me. Yes, it's a wrapper. It is appropriate because of all the parts that are specifically tailored for use with freedesktop.org. It's a container for every special processing that might be necessary and it is possible to distribute specific examples, plug-ins and other source code like shell utility functions with it. It is easy to introduce new features like cwd-module and repo-group local configuration, change the default moduleset repository and facilitate access to it. Introduce special hooks und plug-ins (suid the Xserver, start the Xserver). Initialize a configuration with special values. Add special processing if the repo-group is a supermodule. And all this can be done in a timely manner without disturbing other use cases, with other build systems and/or vcs. I try to improve JHBuild where it makes sense, but with this wrapper there will be a very convenient, extensible build system in a few weeks.
Hi, have you been in touch with jhbuild upstream to see if they're interested in merging your changes there? I really do think that's a much better approach than having a separate wrapper.
(In reply to comment #5) Hi, Actually, this is not just a wrapper anymore. I'm steering it towards becoming more of a meta-git that makes use of JHBuild. With scripting possibilities across multiple repositories. There aren't too many X.org specific parts (depcomp, moduleset, config) and I can externalize them. I already thought about using Sourceforge, as my other project is there, too. It's probably better to host it in a more general location. I'm doing a release currently and set it up after that.
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