Re: [ros-dev] [project-tools] Revision 1363: [ROSBE-UNIX] Implement support for pre-build & post-build hook scripts in RosBE-Unix.

[Colin Finck]

[e-mail] wrote:
> touch boot/bootdata/packages/reactos.dff.in

We can't put this one-liner into the CMakeLists.txt file?
execute_process should do the job if there is no "touch" command in 
CMake itself.

Your change makes RosBE depend on a very specific file in a very 
specific path of the source tree (=> tree change only possible with an 
updated RosBE). In addition, these hooks separate the build logic 
between CMake and RosBE and pave the way for even more source tree 
dependent changes in RosBE. I like to avoid this.

- Colin

[Jérôme Gardou]

Le 28/01/2012 23:30, Colin Finck a écrit :
> [e-mail] wrote:
> > touch boot/bootdata/packages/reactos.dff.in
>
> We can't put this one-liner into the CMakeLists.txt file?
> execute_process should do the job if there is no "touch" command in 
> CMake itself.
>
> Your change makes RosBE depend on a very specific file in a very 
> specific path of the source tree (=> tree change only possible with an 
> updated RosBE). In addition, these hooks separate the build logic 
> between CMake and RosBE and pave the way for even more source tree 
> dependent changes in RosBE. I like to avoid this.
> Colin
>
> Ros-dev mailing list
> [e-mail]
> http://www.reactos.org/mailman/listinfo/ros-dev

I don't know why this is needed at all, but in cmake files you can use 
"cmake -E touch" for portability (windows have no default touch afaik)

[Pierre Schweitzer]

Oops. I only replied to Colin.

So, here was my answer:

You misunderstood purpose of hook scripts. Well, the example was pretty
bad, I recognize.

The idea of hook scripts is to allow providing external programs that
can modulate what RosBE does WITHOUT re-releasing the whole thingy for a
small change. This makes it modular and is a step forward.
Those are not here for CMake or whatever. Those are here for what the
user wants.

Regarding the specific CMake change, this is temporary on Amine's
request till a proper solution is deployed. I thought it was just a nice
opportunity to have a (bad) example to show what hook scripts can do.

Le dimanche 29 janvier 2012 à 11:03 +0100, Jérôme Gardou a écrit :
> Le 28/01/2012 23:30, Colin Finck a écrit :
> > [e-mail] wrote:
> > > touch boot/bootdata/packages/reactos.dff.in
> >
> > We can't put this one-liner into the CMakeLists.txt file?
> > execute_process should do the job if there is no "touch" command in 
> > CMake itself.
> >
> > Your change makes RosBE depend on a very specific file in a very 
> > specific path of the source tree (=> tree change only possible with an 
> > updated RosBE). In addition, these hooks separate the build logic 
> > between CMake and RosBE and pave the way for even more source tree 
> > dependent changes in RosBE. I like to avoid this.
> > Colin
> >
> > Ros-dev mailing list
> > [e-mail]
> > http://www.reactos.org/mailman/listinfo/ros-dev
>
> I don't know why this is needed at all, but in cmake files you can use 
> "cmake -E touch" for portability (windows have no default touch afaik)
>
> Ros-dev mailing list
> [e-mail]
> http://www.reactos.org/mailman/listinfo/ros-dev

[Adam]

In addition, is the Apache license even GPL compatible? If not ReactOS
won't be able to use it.

(to be honest, I just hate GPL software which uses GPL when
unnecessary, but in cases like duplicating Windows technologies, it may
prove to be an advantage, but I would have thought Sleepycat would be
better than the horrific sham of a "free license" that is the GPL - of
course that is an opinion of mine)

On Sat, 28 Jan 2012 23:30:11 +0100
Colin Finck [e-mail] wrote:
> [e-mail] wrote:
> > touch boot/bootdata/packages/reactos.dff.in
>
> We can't put this one-liner into the CMakeLists.txt file?
> execute_process should do the job if there is no "touch" command in 
> CMake itself.
>
> Your change makes RosBE depend on a very specific file in a very 
> specific path of the source tree (=> tree change only possible with
> an updated RosBE). In addition, these hooks separate the build logic 
> between CMake and RosBE and pave the way for even more source tree 
> dependent changes in RosBE. I like to avoid this.
> Colin
>
> Ros-dev mailing list
> [e-mail]
> http://www.reactos.org/mailman/listinfo/ros-dev

[Adam]

Oh woops... please ignore that message in the thread... I intended to
send it to a different thread.

Apologies for inconveniences!

On Wed, 1 Feb 2012 14:50:00 +0000
Adam [e-mail] wrote:
> In addition, is the Apache license even GPL compatible? If not ReactOS
> won't be able to use it.
>
> (to be honest, I just hate GPL software which uses GPL when
> unnecessary, but in cases like duplicating Windows technologies, it
> may prove to be an advantage, but I would have thought Sleepycat
> would be better than the horrific sham of a "free license" that is
> the GPL - of course that is an opinion of mine)
>
> On Sat, 28 Jan 2012 23:30:11 +0100
> Colin Finck [e-mail] wrote:
> > [e-mail] wrote:
> > > touch boot/bootdata/packages/reactos.dff.in
> >
> > We can't put this one-liner into the CMakeLists.txt file?
> > execute_process should do the job if there is no "touch" command in 
> > CMake itself.
> >
> > Your change makes RosBE depend on a very specific file in a very 
> > specific path of the source tree (=> tree change only possible with
> > an updated RosBE). In addition, these hooks separate the build
> > logic between CMake and RosBE and pave the way for even more source
> > tree dependent changes in RosBE. I like to avoid this.
> > Colin
> >
> > Ros-dev mailing list
> > [e-mail]
> > http://www.reactos.org/mailman/listinfo/ros-dev