Re: Removing external binaries from Axiom source tree: a proposal (was: Re: [Axiom-developer] Axiom silver branch)

[root]

> > Storing binary files in a source code archive is something that
> > I have always objected to, but Tim insists on re-distributing
> > code this way. I really think we should stop doing this.
> 
> I can understand Tim point of view: do not depend on external sources
> and manage complexity by providing the "Axiom-blessed" versions of
> noweb, gcl, etc.
> 
> One possible solution to this issue would be:
> 
>  1. remove noweb, gcl, etc. sources from axiom source tree ;
> 
>  2. put them in a repository somewhere on axiom-developer.org ;
> 
>  3. write a shell script, much like GARNOME for Gnome ou Konstruct for
>     KDE that fetches source dependencies from axiom-developper.org,
>     build them and then build Axiom itself. 
> 
> This script could be a separate one or be part of ./configure (e.g. with
> option --fetch-and-build-dependencies).
> 
> What do you think of it?

I suggest that you try this using the SVN/silver machinery.
It is easy to create a new silver makefile from the Makefile.pamphlet
which will no longer depend on the installed GCL and noweb.

t