Re: A possibly clever idea...

[Jussi Lahtinen <jussi.lahtinen@xxxxxxxxx>]

I absolutely hate docker, flatpak, snap, appimage, etc.
First people write unportable code, then instead of fixing the root issue,
they make an absolutely huge bloated trash package that "overcomes" the
portability issue and call it a solution. Just imagine the mess if everyone
would choose to use those.
Instead (not in any particular order):
1. Work towards updating the repos.
2. Avoid newest, experimental, etc features if possible.
3. Write code that is not system specific, but adheres to broader standards
like POSIX.
4. Keep backward compatibility in mind when maintaining the software.

I'm sure I forgot something, but you got the point.


Jussi

On Thu, Oct 10, 2024 at 2:40 AM Bruce Steers <bsteers4@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> 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
>
>