[OGo-GNUstep-Port] Re: [OGo-Developer] Roadmap and Versioning

[Helge Hess]

On Freitag, 18. Juli 2003, at 14:50 Uhr, Nicola Pero wrote:
>> Is there a problem using gnustep-make on OSX (Nicola ?)
>> I think MOSX could use it :)
>
> Yes.  I don't think there is anything wrong with using PBX, but using
> gnustep-make should be very easy, and be cross-platform.  You can check
> Renaissance.

Problem is, that compilation for PBX users isn't that easy. We would 
need at least detailed instructions on how to setup the environment. Or 
we write some "make" wrapper (maybe gsmake) which sources GNUstep.sh 
prior forking make.

Then we have the Xcode issue, not sure whether it will still support 
legacy targets.

But I agree, we should start out using gstep-make and can add "proper" 
PBX files later. The PBX projects could support both, GNUstep make and 
own targets at the same time (and I actually think I prepared them that 
way).

> We can probably improve on the framework vs library support.

I guess we should resolve this issue first, IMHO it's a very important 
one.
We should in no case use frameworks on any other OS but OSX.
And we should definitely use frameworks on OSX.

Since this is a pretty general topic, I think it should be covered by 
library.make (maybe supporting a XXX_NO_FRAMEWORK bool variable for 
disabling frameworks on OSX, so that they can still be used for 
libraries on that platform).

regards,
   Helge
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