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Subject: Re: An attempt at creating a reference for new developers
From: Allen Winter <winter () kde ! org>
Date: 2011-08-21 11:35:23
Message-ID: 201108210735.24324.winter () kde ! org
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On Thursday 18 August 2011 11:54:37 AM Michael Jansen wrote:
> Hi
>
> I started to write on a book or however you would call it that i hope oneday
> will be able to ease new developers into our project.
>
> Currently the main focus is on cmake without kde and setting up an project of
> the size of kde manually. All the dirty little secrets like visibility-hidden,
> export macro, how to find dependencies with cmake and so on should eventually
> be covered.
>
> All that stuff will help a new dev understand how our buildsystem works. When
> done it should be easy to add a chapter about kde and mention how we solved
> that problem and how we use cmake.
>
> I am currently at about 40 pages (it is done in latex so about 30 with
> content). The part i consider ready is the description of the cmake module
> mode and before i go further (config mode and then adding libraries,
> executables ...) i hope to get feedback on everything
>
> - style
> - wording
> - possible content
> - ...
> - whatever comes to your mind as long as its civil.
>
> http://uploads.michael-jansen.biz/cmake-book.pdf
>
Neat idea.
I read it and think you have a great start there.
I like Nicolas' idea of putting it in a git repo so I can make contributions easier.
Regards,
Allen
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