[flext] pd-extended buildfarm addition + some errors/notes

[Thomas Grill]

2010/6/26 dmotd <dmotd at gmx.net>:
> at this stage i'm happy to just use the old flext builder
> to get the libs quickly integrated and perhaps will work
> with autotools in the future.. afaik hans has been working
> on a template for autotools for multi-platform, so if that
> goes ahead i will see about converting the one t.blechmann
> made for flext.
>

I think the flext build system basically works fine - however, there
could be some rough edges that might be easier to circumvent with the
autoconf style scripts.

> whats the status of the other flext based libs? those ones i
> mentioned are what i personally use, it's not too much
> effort to support any others you feel should be included,
> yours and other contributions i may not be aware of.

it's certainly a good idea to include xsample, py/pyext, pool, vasp,
absattr and clk.
dyn~ is very useful but suffers from a major flaw for signal inlets
and outlets that i might not be able to fix in the near future.
The externals should actually be built with shared libraries, with
flext headers and dynamic libraries included in the pd package. This
way, version conflicts could be avoided.

>
> btw, i'm bound to linux for testing at the moment, but i
> should be able to access hans' build farm to test other
> platforms. i haven't spoken to him directly yet, but i think
> he's been keen on getting the flext libs into a regular
> release cycle. currently he's finalizing a 0.42 based
> pd-extended release, but nightly builds tend to pick up any
> libs that don't make a formal 'release'.
>
> i don't tend to use the pd-extended environment myself, but i
> maintain a package in archlinux and know my way around the
> builder. it's certainly useful for quickly getting patches
> running on new systems.

Sounds good to me.

>
> are you more focused on max/msp these days? haven't seen you
> much on the pd-list.

It's true that i don't regularly follow neither the Pd nor Max/MSP
lists, but i screen them once in a while for topics that need my
attention. I've embarked on a slow transition to supercollider but
still use Pd for installations and research.

all the best,
gr~~~


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Thomas Grill
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