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Re: [vtp-dev] vtp build system
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Hi,
> I would say I'm cautiously optimistic about that their progress, we will
> know more after the workshop. It would be nice to be able to contribute
> through testing with this new project, but if that looks like too much
> we could stay with a straight PDE build system.
My suggestion was to wait until they have something stable until they
have somehing. Maybe this is the case after the workshop.
>
> I already have a skeleton pde build project setup, that could be
> leveraged. Either way this is something I could help out with, as I
> already know my way around PDE build.
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> When you say you do not see the need for a build system do you mean just
> this common build infrastructure? Of course using the eclipse pde UI is
> an option, but an automated setup has a lot of benefits over manually
> building in the UI.
Well, this goes into the direction of the benefits of an automated build
system. IMHO, the advanges of such a system reveil, if you have a
working qa in mind. This means, not only to build the system but also
check code quality and perform an automated tests. Currently, there is
also a lack of unit test, which must be a basis for the tests. Probably,
it would be better to start with this, doing the first step after the
second.
I hope that this is not going to be misunderstood that I am against such
a build system, but you have to do some preparations first, before it
makes sense to add an automatism for that.
~dirk
