[sword-devel] BibleTime 1.7.beta1 is released - please create binary packages

Fri Aug 29 18:17:11 MST 2008

Is there a gnome version?

On Thu, Aug 28, 2008 at 11:38 AM, Greg Hellings <greg.hellings at gmail.com>wrote:

> Martin,
>
> On Thu, Aug 28, 2008 at 10:27 AM, Martin Gruner <mg.pub at gmx.net> wrote:
> > Hi Greg,
> >
> > after thinking about it a second time, we do use cmake for installation.
> The
> > shell scripts I mentioned only set some environment variables to further
> > automate the process. So I am not sure what you are referring to.
>
> I was asking why Bibletime needed enough extra material and
> environment variables that it required the shell script and why those
> can't be worked up in the cmake structure directly?  Bibletime surely
> is far from the most complicated thing with cmake that I've compiled,
> yet it's the only one that didn't maintain a pure cmake-style building
> system.  You could just accept user-defined values for a variable
> named something like RELEASE and do the processing which is in the .sh
> script inside of the cmake, couldn't you?  It surely would make the
> cross-platform goal of Qt, cmake and KDE much more attainable when
> you're on a system which lacks a native bash environment, and would
> also make the system easier for newcomers to build.
>
> --Greg
>
> >
> > mg
> >
> > Am Donnerstag, 28. August 2008 09:39:24 schrieb Greg Hellings:
> >> Martin,
> >>
> >> On Thu, Aug 28, 2008 at 1:22 AM, Martin Gruner <mg.pub at gmx.net> wrote:
> >> > Hi Greg,
> >> >
> >> > you cannot run build/bibletime because BT expects to start from its
> final
> >> > installation directory, so that it can find its data files by relative
> >> > path lookups. If you used build_debug.sh, run
> build/install/bin/bibletime
> >> > instead after "make install", in case of build_release.sh this would
> be
> >> > /usr/local/bin/bibletime.
> >>
> >> I see.  Is there a reason you use custom shell scripts instead of the
> >> normal cmake/make series?  For cmake packages I usually build them in
> >> a separate directory from the source, seeing as that's what the cmake
> >> documents recommend when possible.  Why not just include the creation
> >> of the necessary file structure and so on within the cmake?
> >>
> >> --Greg
> >>
> >> > Yes, we are trying to get rid of KDE dependencies. Sorry about the
> >> > trouble.
> >> >
> >> > God bless,
> >> >
> >> > mg
> >> >
> >> > am Donnerstag, 28. August 2008 um 02:09 schrieben Sie:
> >> >> Martin,
> >> >>
> >> >> I have successfully built bibletime under Ubuntu 8.04 amd64 version.
> >> >> However, upon trying to run the executable, I am greeted with the
> >> >> following lovely message:
> >> >>
> >> >> hellings1 at ubuntu-desktop:~/Public/bibletime-1.7.beta1.build$
> ./bibletime
> >> >> (BibleTime 1.7.beta1) WARNING: Cannot find icon directory relative to
> >> >> "/home/hellings1/Public/bibletime-1.7.beta1.build"
> >> >> terminate called without an active exception
> >> >> KCrash: crashing... crashRecursionCounter = 2
> >> >> KCrash: Application Name = bibletime path = <unknown> pid = 11112
> >> >> sock_file=/home/hellings1/.kde4/socket-ubuntu-desktop/kdeinit4__0
> >> >> Warning: connect() failed: : No such file or directory
> >> >> KCrash cannot reach kdeinit, launching directly.
> >> >> KCrash failed to exec(), errno = 2
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> I have tried running "make install" but that doesn't seem to do much:
> >> >> hellings1 at ubuntu-desktop:~/Public/bibletime-1.7.beta1.build$ sudo
> make
> >> >> install [sudo] password for hellings1:
> >> >> [100%] Built target bibletime
> >> >> Install the project...
> >> >> -- Install configuration: "RelWithDebInfo"
> >> >>
> >> >> I also must say, the install/build dependencies are extremely steep.
> >> >> I already have a very hefty system from doing lots of other builds
> and
> >> >> development, and I was required to install about 2 GB of packages,
> >> >> etc, to build Bibletime.  I sure hope you can get away from the KDE4
> >> >> dependency soon.  In addition to that I needed Qt4.4, clucene and
> >> >> boost.
> >> >>
> >> >> --Greg
> >> >>
> >> >> On Wed, Aug 27, 2008 at 2:13 PM, Martin Gruner <mg.pub at gmx.net>
> wrote:
> >> >>> Hi.
> >> >>>
> >> >>> BibleTime 1.7.beta1 is out, basically the same as alpha4 with
> updated
> >> >>> message files for UI i18n.
> >> >>>
> >> >>> This is BibleTime 1.7.beta1 for QT 4.4 and KDE 4.
> >> >>>
> >> >>> Despite being labeled as beta, this version should be good for
> everyday
> >> >>> use and can be used as a basis for binary packages for the various
> >> >>> distributions.
> >> >>>
> >> >>> Since 1.6, BibleTime has undergone major changes, which is why the
> >> >>> developers hesitate to release it as "final" yet, even though it
> seems
> >> >>> to be in a good shape.
> >> >>>
> >> >>> @Ralph, Daniel and other packagers: please update the distribution's
> >> >>> binary packages with this new version, even though it is labeled as
> >> >>> beta.
> >> >>>
> >> >>> @Joachim: Can you please post a big announcement on bibletime.info?
> >> >>> Please see the changelog for information you can use.
> >> >>>
> >> >>> God bless you all.
> >> >>>
> >> >>> Martin
> >> >>>
> >> >>> _______________________________________________
> >> >>> sword-devel mailing list: sword-devel at crosswire.org
> >> >>> http://www.crosswire.org/mailman/listinfo/sword-devel
> >> >>> Instructions to unsubscribe/change your settings at above page
> >> >>
> >> >> _______________________________________________
> >> >> sword-devel mailing list: sword-devel at crosswire.org
> >> >> http://www.crosswire.org/mailman/listinfo/sword-devel
> >> >> Instructions to unsubscribe/change your settings at above page
> >> >
> >> > --
> >> > Mit freundlichen Grüßen
> >> > Martin Gruner
> >> > mailto:mg.pub at gmx.net
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > _______________________________________________
> >> > sword-devel mailing list: sword-devel at crosswire.org
> >> > http://www.crosswire.org/mailman/listinfo/sword-devel
> >> > Instructions to unsubscribe/change your settings at above page
> >>
> >> _______________________________________________
> >> sword-devel mailing list: sword-devel at crosswire.org
> >> http://www.crosswire.org/mailman/listinfo/sword-devel
> >> Instructions to unsubscribe/change your settings at above page
> >
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > sword-devel mailing list: sword-devel at crosswire.org
> > http://www.crosswire.org/mailman/listinfo/sword-devel
> > Instructions to unsubscribe/change your settings at above page
> >
>
> _______________________________________________
> sword-devel mailing list: sword-devel at crosswire.org
> http://www.crosswire.org/mailman/listinfo/sword-devel
> Instructions to unsubscribe/change your settings at above page
>
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://www.crosswire.org/pipermail/sword-devel/attachments/20080829/11ed2278/attachment.html 