A possibly clever idea...

[Bruce Steers <bsteers4@xxxxxxxxx>]

I've just recently discovered docker and all it's possibilities.

I have a theory that may get around the Gambas upgrading to latest version.

My theory is that on my online droplet I could set up docker images to have
all the supported ci systems set up with a Gambas source directory that has
mostly all the commands (reconf, configure and make) done but not make
install.

Then all I require on my local system is to download the almost built
source code and get the dependencies needed to run make install.

But what exactly is also likely to be needed?
I assume a lot of the dev files could be omitted but their binaries
packages still needed.
This issue assumes Gambas is already installed via package manager. If you
already have autotools install then you'll likely have all dependencies
anyway, and know what you're doing.

Maybe a better question is not what's needed but what could I exclude to
just make install a mostly made source?

What you think?
A crazy unworkable idea?

Or could I be onto something?

I'm gonna test the theory on my systems that have all dependencies anyway.

Respects
BruceS