[Vm-dev] Re: FYI: CMakeVMMaker (Was Re: Automated VM build server)

[stephane ducasse]

Hi andreas

Geoffroy moved somewhere in france and he is now settled down. So we can ask him.
I think that he is reading this mailing-list. I know that he was interested to help again on the vm.

Stef

On Dec 23, 2010, at 6:57 PM, Andreas Raab wrote:

> Did you manage to get the cmake stuff that Goeffroy Couprie posted running on Windows? I never had much success (see http://lists.squeakfoundation.org/pipermail/vm-dev/2010-July/005113.html).
> 
> Cheers,
>  - Andreas
> 
> On 12/23/2010 9:05 AM, Igor Stasenko wrote:
>> I just uploaded the VMMaker/CMakeVMMaker package,
>> and since couple of people noticed it, and started asking (privately)
>> what is it, i decided to do little "premature" explanation.
>> In short:
>>    - it is a part of future automated build system.
>> 
>> Its only in prototype phase, and some protocol and even classes could
>> appear/disappear.
>> 
>> The idea of this is simple: we put all knowledge about VM building
>> process into image,
>> and then generating sources&  cmake config, which then doing the rest.
>> This will allow us to easily change configs and generate not just VM source(s) ,
>> but also appropriate makefile(s) on the fly ,
>> without the need of dealing with pesky files on file system.
>> Because what is most annoying with file-based configuration that it is
>> spread among multiple (sub)directories
>> with a lot of different include files, and its really hard to learn a
>> project structure from it, and even harder to alter it.
>> So, what the hell: i prefer to work with classes and methods instead
>> of directories and files.
>> 
>> What i think is most cool thing about it, that anyone could make own
>> config by simply
>> subclassing a particular 'official' configuration to make own custom
>> VM, with own subset of plugins, settings etc.
>> And then once you tested it, it could be made public and built
>> automatically by anyone else,
>> without extra manual steps and perusing in file system, IDE(s) etc.
>> 
>> I plan to create configurations for both squeak and cog vms on all
>> major platforms,
>>  then i will use them to automatically build VMs using Hudson server.
>> 
>> As always, your suggestions and questions are most welcome.
>> 
>