[SoC] Project Proposal - Rake-style build system

[Brian Rice]

A non-Ruby-site's explanation of Rake:
http://www.martinfowler.com/articles/rake.html

On Mar 2, 2007, at 5:31 PM, Brian Rice wrote:

> Project outline (cribbed from Keith's proposal):
>
> Translate the ideas of Rake into a Squeak library / facility using  
> OSProcess.
>
> Technical details:
>
> Squeak can run scripts through OSProcess [1], but it doesn't have a  
> framework for declarative building of various targets that is  
> customarily exhibited by Make or Ant. Ruby's Rake [2] demonstrates  
> an interesting approach to this problem that could be implemented  
> in Squeak readily and used for building and testing automation  
> beyond the Squeak image.
>
> Benefits to the student:
>
> The student would gain familiarity with the requirements and logic  
> and algorithms involved in a reliable and sensible declarative and  
> configurable build system. They would be able to explore this in a  
> live-objects environment which could offer opportunities for  
> innovation in this area.
>
> Benefits to the community:
>
> This would provide Squeak with a declarative, idempotent build  
> system for external files and programs as well as other Squeak  
> images, that also integrates well with other Squeak code and  
> libraries. It could even offer new facilities for building Squeak  
> images using the Installer [3] tool.
>
> Mentor: Brian Rice
>
> Refs:
> [1] http://wiki.squeak.org/squeak/708
> [2] http://rake.rubyforge.org/
> [3] http://wiki.squeak.org/squeak/Installer
>
> (Honestly, this feels vague and hand-wavey... refinements would be  
> welcome!)

--
-Brian
http://briantrice.com

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