[Radiance-general] Re: Experimental Radiance build scripts

[Greg Ward]

OK, thanks for the additional explanation.  I'm moving this thread to  
the development list for those who want to continue with it.  It's  
really out of my domain.

Best,
-Greg

> From: R Fritz <rfritz at u.washington.edu>
> Date: October 23, 2008 11:20:09 AM PDT
>
> It's a new set of scripts, though I started with Schorsch's  
> scripts, as well as the Radiance makefiles. This new set of scripts  
> has ended up very different because I had different goals. The  
> scripts use more-current SCons features. They are cross-platform,  
> though the set of platforms is limited. The libraries built follow  
> the makefile model as closely as I could quickly manage (few large  
> libraries) rather than the Schorsch model (many small libraries). I  
> like to think that this makes for simpler build scripts. I do,  
> though, incorporate much of Schorsh's Windows C code, so that pipes  
> in scene description files work. There are two small source-code  
> tweaks, in included headers. Probably the biggest practical  
> difference is that I have not written install code into the  
> scripts, since these are a base for experimentation rather than  
> production.
>
> Randolph
>
> On Oct 23, 2008, at 10:53 AM, Greg Ward wrote:
>
>> Hi Randolph,
>>
>> Are these a modification of the scons scripts schorsch already  
>> developed, a replacement, or ??
>>
>> -Greg
>>
>>> From: R Fritz <rfritz at u.washington.edu>
>>> Date: October 23, 2008 10:38:42 AM PDT
>>>
>>> I have written a set of scons scripts which build Radiance on  
>>> Linux, Windows (using MSVC), and Mac OS X. The scripts are simple  
>>> and generally follow the library model used in makeall. They work  
>>> with the current Radiance head and are very alpha--the scripts do  
>>> not install the built files and there are other limitations--but  
>>> I think they might be interesting for experimentation. If anyone  
>>> is interested in experimenting with them, I would be delighted to  
>>> share them.
>>>
>>> Randolph