[gobolinux-users] Great Work! Some comments, questions, and suggestions

[Joshua Sako]

MJ Ray wrote:

>Joshua Sako <jginsu at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>GoboLinux seems to use the original Init system. Is there any plans to 
>>try out and possibly transition to Ubuntu's new events-based Init 
>>system, Upstart? I've not had the occasion to use it myself, but after 
>>reading through the docs, I like the design a lot.
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>Which docs are those?
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You can read about Upstart here: http://upstart.ubuntu.com/

And here's an interesting blog from one of the developers: 
http://www.netsplit.com/blog/articles/category/upstart

There is also a wiki: http://upstart.ubuntu.com/wiki/

>GoboLinux is using a custom Init system, last I saw.  It's a bit
>quicker than sysV but a bit more modular than traditional BSD.
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Ahh! I thought GoboLinux was using the classic SysV system, just nicely 
trimmed down.

>>Autotools is byzantine, arcane, and overcomplicated, so a lot of 
>>projects are switching to other systems. I noticed that Compile has the 
>>ability to use different "modes" for just such an occasion, but there is 
>>a distinct lack of a cmake mode. Is this something that will be added in 
>>future, considering that the entirety of the KDE software stack will use 
>>it for now on?
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>What is cmake?  
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cmake is a replacement for the Autotools toolchain. Like Autotools, it 
produces makefiles as output. Unlike Autotools, the syntax is readable 
and understandable without decending into Lovecraftian levels of madness.

As I said, KDE is switching entirely to using it in KDE4. You can read 
about it here: http://www.cmake.org/HTML/Index.html

>I suspect Compile would benefit from more modular mode
>support, but I also suspect that would involve quite a few changes to
>the basic system.
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I'm referring to these particular documents: 
http://gobo.kundor.org/wiki/Recipe_format_specification

And: http://gobo.kundor.org/wiki/Recipe_types

These detail that Compile already has modular code support in the form 
of "modes". I was just wondering if there were any plans to include a 
cmake mode.

>Welcome to gobo!
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Thanks! Great to be here!