Re: Software Engineer Seeks Compatible Cratifier

On 2024-06-23 10:10, Alastair Hogge wrote:

On Tue, 18 Jun 2024 20:27:16 +0200, Pascal Obry wrote:
 

Le mardi 18 juin 2024 à 20:06 +0200, Jeffrey R.Carter a écrit :

IIUC, there has to be a project file in the crate. That does not mean
there has to be a project file in my Github repository.

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But then you impose someone to create a project file. And this would be
needed by all packager, there is not only crates around to build a
component. And moreover, you let the "packager" find the correct options
to be used which is certainly not a good solution.
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That's exactly why I had proposed a PR with a project file. It
"documents" the way the code must be compiled (at least with GNAT) and
installed for everyone wanting to package your components.

 +1 for a .gpr project file to enable package maintainers; it facilitates
easier to integrate Ada systems with the host system.

Yes, but the system must generate a parent gpr file with the target settings. Fedora's GNAT has such a thing in a very primitive form. It must define the target OS description, default switches, 32 vs 64 bit, architecture, availability of pragma Atomic for 64-bit scalars, some standard libraries for the linker etc. Then the user gpr will able to refer to these in the main gpr.
OT, the reason why I do not use Alire is because it has no upload function. I cannot manually submit my projects each time I ship a new version of some of them. It should support automated uploads.
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