Re: [ros-dev] Inability to work on RosDE/TE

[David Johnson]

Alex... Just do it... The others will thank you for it later. I know  
I will.
On Mar 31, 2007, at 12:05 PM, Alex Ionescu wrote:

>   Hi,
>
>
>
>  Due to continued lack of interest in/inability to fix these issues,  
>  I have abandoned all work on a standardized ReactOS Build/Test/ 
>  Development environment.
>
>
>
>  --
>
>  Best regards,
>
>  Alex Ionescu
>
>  Project Lead, TinyKRNL
>
>  Kernel-Mode Software Design Engineer, ReactOS
>
>
>
>  From: ros-dev-bounces(a)reactos.org [mailto:ros-dev- 
>  bounces(a)reactos.org] On Behalf Of Alex Ionescu
>  Sent: March-25-07 6:20 PM
>  To: 'ReactOS Development List'
>  Subject: [ros-dev] Inability to work on RosDE/TE
>
>
>
>  Hi,
>
>
>
>  I promised a new testing/development environment but unfortunately  
>  I cannot pursue my work because nobody has been able to fix rbuild  
>  to my requirements. If  anyone does want to see the standardized  
>  environment I promised, please prod your local ReactOS developer  
>  for the following features:
>
>
>
>  1)      *Working* ROS_INTERMEDIATE and ROS_OUTPUT directories. They  
>  are broken in many ways:
>
>  a.       Don’t work with relative pats.
>
>  b.      Don’t work at all for .pch files and/or compilation units.
>
>  c.       Create other sorts of unpredictable errors due to hard- 
>  coded strings/directories in makefiles or rbuild.
>
>  2)      ROS_TOOLS_DIRECTORY. The ability for the tools to be  
>  outside the ROS_OUTPUT directory, such as in c:\rosde\tools.  
>  Someone committed such a patch but it was reverted without a newer  
>  version/fix.
>
>  a.       Also requires making rbuild check if the binaries are  
>  present, and if so, NOT to rebuild them.
>
>  b.      Create –forcetools switch to rbuild which would force it to  
>  bypass the check in 2a.
>
>  3)      Tools must be built and work with the –O3 optimization  
>  setting.
>
>
>
>  Of course, I won’t go into the fact that my request for the other  
>  rbuild features such as a graphical dependency map have gone  
>  unanswered. Many thanks to those who _have_ worked on some of the  
>  MSVC features/bugfixes I brought forward and do the small attempt  
>  at a depmap.
>
>
>
>  --
>
>  Best regards,
>
>  Alex Ionescu
>
>  Project Lead, TinyKRNL
>
>  Kernel-Mode Software Design Engineer, ReactOS
>
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