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GNOME Experiment: New build systems
Guidelines
Autotools are great but we always want to try out new things ;). There are some new tools for building software:
Also, there are some discussions about Non-Recursive Automake in MurrayC's blog and some benchmarks in Daniel Elstner's Blog
Try them and share your experiencies!
Guides
Implement non-recursive automake correctly: http://www.flameeyes.eu/autotools-mythbuster/automake/nonrecursive.html
Blog post to implement non-recursive automake in libgdata.
Use cmake to build gtk+ programs: http://live.gnome.org/gtkmm/UsingCMake
Tutorial CMake (Spanish): http://plagatux.es/2009/12/tutorial-cmake/
Useful links
List of applications that are already using waf: http://code.google.com/p/waf/wiki/ProjectsUsingWaf
List of applications that are already using cmake: http://www.cmake.org/Wiki/CMake_Projects
List of applications that are already using scons: http://www.scons.org/wiki/SconsProjects
Comparisons
Scons Vs Other build tools: http://www.scons.org/wiki/SconsVsOtherBuildTools
Discussions
Blog post about waf by hughsie: http://hughsient.livejournal.com/11016.html and the new one
Blog post about cmake by hughsie: http://hughsient.livejournal.com/11366.html and the new one
Blog post about cmake by lucidfox: http://lucidfox.org/posts/view/556
Desktop-devel thread and crosscompiling support in waf.
Comments
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Status
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State
Markup
todo
<: #ff8080> todo
patch
<: #ffc849> [[GnomeBug:xxxxx|patch]]
done
<: #80ff80> [[GnomeBug:xxxxx|done]]
not needed
<: #80ff80> not needed
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Tarball
Waf
Cmake
Scons
Desktop
alacarte
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brasero
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bug-buddy
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dasher
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evolution-data-server
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evolution-exchange
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evolution-mapi
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to do
evolution-webcal
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file-roller
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gcalctool
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gconf-editor
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gnome-backgrounds
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gnome-control-center
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gnome-desktop
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gnome-desktop-sharp
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gnome-icon-theme
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gnome-keyring
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gnome-netstatus
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gnome-nettool
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gnome-mag
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gnome-menus
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to do
gnome-power-manager
to do
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to do
gnome-python-desktop
done
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gnome-session
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gnome-settings-daemon
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gnome-sharp
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gnome-system-monitor
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gnome-terminal
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gnome-user-docs
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gnome-user-share
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to do
gst-plugins-base
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gst-plugins-good
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gtkhtml
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gvfs
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hamster-applet
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libgail-gnome
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libgnomekbd
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libgtop
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liboobs
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librsvg
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libwnck
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to do
metacity
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to do
mousetweaks
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orca
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pygtksourceview
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swfdec-gnome
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to do
tomboy
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to do
totem-pl-parser
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to do
vinagre
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to do
to do
vino
to do
to do
to do
vte
to do
to do
to do
Desktop (to be deprecated)
libgnomeprint
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to do
libgnomeprintui
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to do
to do
Platform
GConf
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at-spi
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atk
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to do
glib
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to do
gtk-doc
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to do
pango
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to do
Admin
sabayon
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to do
Development Tools
accerciser
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to do
anjuta
to do
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to do
devhelp
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to do
gdl
to do
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to do
glade3
to do
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to do
gnome-devel-docs
to do
to do
to do
Bindings (C++)
glibmm
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to do
to do
pangomm
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to do
gtkmm
to do
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to do
libglademm
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to do
gconfmm
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libgnomecanvasmm
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libgnome-vfsmm
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to do
libgnomemm
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to do
libgnomeuimm
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to do
libxml++
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to do
Bindings (java)
glib-java (jg-common)
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to do
libgtk-java
to do
to do
to do
libgnome-java
to do
to do
to do
libgconf-java
to do
to do
to do
libglade-java
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to do
to do
Bindings (mono)
gtk-sharp
to do
to do
to do
Bindings (perl)
Glib
to do
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to do
Gtk2
to do
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to do
Gtk2-GladeXML
to do
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to do
Gnome2-GConf
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to do
Gnome2-Canvas
to do
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to do
Gnome2-VFS
to do
to do
to do
Gnome2
to do
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to do
Bindings (python)
pygobject
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to do
pyorbit
to do
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to do
Mobile
GConf (dbus-based)
to do
to do
to do
evolution-data-server (dbus-based)
to do
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to do
clutter-gst
to do
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to do
External Dependencies
avahi
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to do
cairo
to do
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to do
cairomm
to do
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to do
clutter
to do
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to do
clutter-cairo
to do
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to do
clutter-gtk
to do
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to do
conduit
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dbus
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dbus-glib
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to do
dbus-python
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to do
desktop-file-utils
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enchant
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expat
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farsight2
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fontconfig
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gamin
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gnutls
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gpgme
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gtk-vnc
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hal
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hicolor-icon-theme
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icon-naming-utils
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intltool
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iso-codes
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libatasmart
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libcanberra
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libcolorblind
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libcroco
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libgda
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libggz, ggz-client-libs
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libgpg-error
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libgcrypt
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libgsf
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libical
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libmapi
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libmusicbrainz
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libnotify
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liboil
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libproxy
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libtasn1
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libtelepathy
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libxklavier
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libxml2
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libxslt
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Mono.Addins
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to do
mozilla (firefox)
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ndesk-dbus
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ndesk-dbus-glib
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opal
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pkg-config
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pulseaudio
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poppler
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pycairo
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ptlib
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Python
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rarian
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shared-mime-info
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sqlite
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startup-notification
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swfdec
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system-tools-backends
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telepathy-glib
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telepathy-mission-control
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unique
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Other
abiword
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ardour
done
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atomix
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banshee
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contact-lookup-applet
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eggcups
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f-spot
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ghex
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geany
done
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gigolo
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gimp
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gnome-blog
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gnome-cups-manager
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gnome-disk-utility
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gnome-main-menu
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goocanvas
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goocanvasmm
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GParted
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GNOME Phone Manager
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gtetrinet
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gthumb
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inkscape
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done
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krb5-auth-dialog
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libbtctl
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libgda
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libgnomekbd
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libgoffice
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libgsf
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midori
done
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nautilus-sendto
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nautilus-vcs
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nemiver
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planner
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val(a)IDE
done
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xmms2
done
to do
to do