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List:       kde-mac
Subject:    Re: [KDE/Mac] Repository for patches to fix KDE Problems on OS X
From:       Ian Wadham <iandw.au () gmail ! com>
Date:       2014-06-28 8:42:00
Message-ID: 17161FDE-6C93-499F-8468-FD9DF66073BA () gmail ! com
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Hi Marko,

On 27/06/2014, at 5:00 PM, Marko K=E4ning wrote:
> On 27 Jun 2014, at 03:43 , Ian Wadham <iandw.au@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Where have you been? :-)
> on a long holiday with my younger daughter. :)

Nice!

>> Are we going to let Homebrew people have a look?  I don't see why not.
> Well, they can have a look as we can have a look at their patches, right?=
 :)
> =

>> Meanwhile, development of baloo, especially in the KF 5 version, is
>> proceeding at supersonic speed.
> Yep, Qt5/KF5 is why I was focusing on getting the KDE/CI system for
> OSX/MacPorts to work in the last while=85
> =

>> However, as soon as anyone sets up a CI environment for KDE on Apple
>> OS X, osx-patches and the existing patches MacPorts has for KDE will be
>> suddenly in demand, I predict.  Otherwise, the CI will crash all over the
>> landscape on day one.
> =85 and last night I wanted to send an update to the list, but got stoppe=
d,
> because I suddenly made a little more progress patching Qt5 itself to suit
> the CI system=92s need regarding QStandardPaths.
> =

> Well, for now I might say this:
> =

> After having been in a almost exclusively bilateral discussion with Ben C=
ooksley
> I thought it would be good to update you all about the status of our effo=
rts to
> set up a MacPorts-based KDE/CI-system on OSX for Qt5/KF5:
> =

> 1) The KDE/CI system is eventually able to successfully build all framewo=
rks
>    of tiers 1 to 4 relevant for OSX. (Not all frameworks have successfully
>    running tests yet, though.)
>    But, Ian, see we are far from your scenario where the KDE/CI system is =

>    failing on OSX in all possible corners - instead we=92ve got the rather
>    comfortable situation of overall successful builds and installs! :)

That is terrific progress.

> 2) I=92ve added a few bash scripts to [1] which ease the build/install of=
 the
>    various KF5 frameworks, which allow a relatively quick build of all
>    frameworks despite quite a few failing tests which need some manual
>    intervention.
> =

> For the jenkins build slave to work it is necessary that one can define s=
tandard
> search paths for application data (and probably also for the application =
bundle
> directory). On Linux this can be achieved somehow, but on Windows as well=
 as
> here on OSX the Qt5 has some trouble in QStandardPaths! There has been so=
me
> discussion on kde-frameworks-devel [2] about it and this is where I progr=
essed
> last night=85 :)
> =

> I have posted already on Qt-dev [3], but I don=92t expect response=85
> =

> Check out [4] if you want to learn more about the current status of the K=
DE/CI
> system.
> =

>  Summarising - I am rather optimistic that we will get a full-blown
>  jenkins build slave up and running on OSX in the nearer future!!!


Well, you really have been busy and have become a real expert on this stuff.
Congratulations, Marko!!!

Maybe you should be going to Randa after all =85 :-)  I think it would be v=
ery good
for KDE developers to see some of the problems with OS X portability at fir=
st hand
and you will now be able to talk to them on their own terms - as well as go=
ing for
some nice walks in the mountains =85 :-)

Is there any possibility of an OS X CI system for KDE 4?  I have a feeling =
it
will be with us on MacPorts for some years yet.

Cheers, Ian W.





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