>> > > Hi, >> > > >> > > > I recently submitting Deja-dup, a backup program written in Vala for >> > > > review at >> > > > >> > > > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=540761 >> > > > >> > > > Vala is described in more detail at http://live.gnome.org/Vala. Deja-dup >> > > > like many Vala programs include both the Vala source code and the C >> > > > "source code" to avoid a build time requirement of Vala and also because >> > > > Vala is still in a rapidly evolving stage. Do I need to build from the >> > > > original Vala source code or can I consider the machine generated C as >> > > > "source"? >> > > >> > You should be building from the vala source. >> > >> > > For rygel to date I've used the C as "source" unless I've needed to >> > > patch a bug or build issue with it when you then need to regenerate >> > > it. >> > > >> > Sounds like rygel should as well. >> >> That won't work. The upstream uses Vala git, which didn't allow >> recompiling rygel from the version of Vala in Fedora. >> > So this is interesting. Alternatives that I see here: > > * Build rygel from the generated C > * Build vala from a snapshot so it can be used to build rygel > * Drop rygel from Fedora until we can build from source. > > There's limited precedent for all of these. We've shipped packages > where C source had been precompiled from yacc, for instance. The question > is whether that was a bug to be addressed when we find it happening or > something we want to accept as okay. > >> > When in doubt, build from the source that upstream is going to be modifying, >> > fixing bugs in directly, etc. >> >> When in doubt, use the sources that upstream is providing as the sources >> to build from, in this case the C files rather than the Vala ones (even >> if both are actually in the tarball). >> > This is plainly an insufficient definition. For instance, mono packages > sometimes ship with .dll files that their build scripts rely on "linking" > into the build. Those are not source no matter what upstream's build > requires. Some what different in that vala is source code that generates plainly readable C code. A .dll is a binary library. Its not exactly the same arguement. Peter -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
