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

[John Mitchell]

Never mind I found it.

On Fri, Aug 29, 2008 at 9:17 PM, John Mitchell <sonwon.1 at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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
>> >> >>>
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>> >> > --
>> >> > Mit freundlichen Grüßen
>> >> > Martin Gruner
>> >> > mailto:mg.pub at gmx.net
>> >> >
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