Initial support for kde_projects.xml in kdesrc-build

[Michael Jansen]

On Tuesday 01 February 2011 19:53:40 Alexander Neundorf wrote:
> On Monday 31 January 2011, Aaron J. Seigo wrote:
> > On Sunday, January 30, 2011, Michael Pyne wrote:
> > > Like I said, "xml-support" branch on kdesrc-build git. If you want
> > > to
> > > give
> > 
> > _very_ cool. will the good news today never end? ;)
> > 
> > serious question: once this is stabilized, can we make this the default
> > recommended way of building KDE from git on techbase?
> > 
> > pros that i can think of:
> > 
> > * it would mean that we could cannibalize the docs for kdesrc-build for
> > those pages on techbase
> > * it would be a lot simpler to document than the current 7 headed hydra
> > monster pages we have now :)
> 
> The big thing is getting all the required dependencies built and installed,
> or do you see other things which are complicated in building KDE modules ?

yes i do.

1. It is a lot of work. if you work on base and want to run trunk there is a 
myriad of modules to build to get a useful setup.

2. environment variables (which and how to setup). Separate build environment 
from distro stuff that could interfere.

3. build order

4. which branches, version from which repo (only relevant for some modules)

> 
> Alex