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digitalmars.D - Support of dmd2 in Waf

reply kdmult <kdmult ya.ru> writes:
Hi,

Waf is a nice tool for configuring, compiling and installing 
applications (like cmake). Currently it supports dmd1.

Could somebody please update the issue
     http://code.google.com/p/waf/issues/detail?id=1052
with explanation on how dmd2 is supposed to compile and link an example 
which is a part of waf repository (waf\demos\d)?

I am a beginner in D, so I am afraid I can not help the waf author with 
this.
Oct 10 2011
parent reply Russel Winder <russel russel.org.uk> writes:
Hi,

The project lead for Waf has declared me persona non grata and banned me
from any and all aspects of the Waf community that it is possible for
him to ban me from.  I therefore cannot contribute to Waf even though I
would like to have done.

The standard SCons tool has the same problem of being specific to D1.  I
have started a fork of the SCons D tool as a Mercurial repository
https://bitbucket.org/russel/scons_dmd_new  I should have created a
patch for the latest SCons release but missed the deadline.  There needs
to be more work on this tool to really make it a good SCons tool, but it
does work with D2.

The Waf folk may be able to use the history of the SCons D tool in my
repository to evolve the Waf tool to be D2 capable.


On Mon, 2011-10-10 at 17:48 +0400, kdmult wrote:

 Hi,
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 applications (like cmake). Currently it supports dmd1.
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 Could somebody please update the issue
      http://code.google.com/p/waf/issues/detail?id=3D1052
 with explanation on how dmd2 is supposed to compile and link an example=


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 which is a part of waf repository (waf\demos\d)?
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 I am a beginner in D, so I am afraid I can not help the waf author with=


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 this.


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Oct 10 2011
parent reply Bernard Helyer <b.helyer gmail.com> writes:
On Mon, 10 Oct 2011 17:52:48 +0100, Russel Winder wrote:


 The project lead for Waf has declared me persona non grata and banned me
 from any and all aspects of the Waf community that it is possible for
 him to ban me from.


If you don't mind me asking, why?
Oct 10 2011
next sibling parent Russel Winder <russel russel.org.uk> writes:
On Tue, 2011-10-11 at 00:38 +0000, Bernard Helyer wrote:


 If you don't mind me asking, why?


I wasn't sure whether to answer this in this public and recorded medium,
but here goes anyway:

You would have to ask him why his actions, but he gave me the following
impression before ceasing to answer any of my emails:  I am merely an
analyst and trainer, not a developer, and therefore a person of no
consequence, and certainly not a person able to contribute to Waf
development.  That because I contribute to SCons, I am out to destroy
Waf and should be excluded from Waf society to not allow me to spread
sedition.

Despite this, I like and use Waf in the contexts where I consider it to
have winning USPs.  I also like and use SCons in contexts where I
consider it to have winning USPs.  I also mention both in my Python
courses.

To bring us back on topic:  D support in SCons and Waf does need
improving.  Not sure about CMake, I have tried is with D.

I have set up an infrastructure to allow contributions to SCons D
support evolution based on a Mercurial repository on BitBucket,
https://bitbucket.org/russel/scons_dmd_new.  Any and all constructive
contributions most welcome.

A particular issue is that only DMD is supported really, so gdc, ldc,
etc. support needs testing and work.  Also the actual test harness for
the tool needs work.=20

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Oct 10 2011
prev sibling parent SK <sk metrokings.com> writes:
On Mon, Oct 10, 2011 at 7:09 PM, Russel Winder <russel russel.org.uk> wrote:


   Not sure about CMake, I have tried is with D.


CMake for D2 limps along.  At last check, it passed regression with 2.054
but may need some TLC for 2.055.
http://code.google.com/p/cmaked2/wiki/GettingStarted
Oct 10 2011