[ros-dev] Static - dynamic generation of reactos.dff

[Adam Kachwalla]

I love it. Definitely better than maintaining a text file that is longer  
than Bill Gates' stretch limo.

On Sat, 30 Oct 2010 22:09:53 +1100, Ged Murphy <gedmurphy at gmail.com> wrote:

> I like the idea. It sounds much better than manually maintaining a huge  
> text
> file
>
> On 30 October 2010 10:27, Olaf Siejka <caemyr at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I`m ok as long as there will be the a way to add files statically, it is
>> vital atm for driver slipstreaming
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> 2010/10/30 Jérôme Gardou <jerome.gardou at laposte.net>
>>
>>> As long as they are included in the build system, they will be added to
>>> reactos.dff. If they're not, they won't ever be mentioned.
>>>
>>> Ged Murphy wrote:
>>>
>>>> how does this work for rosapps and other such optional inclusions?
>>>>
>>>> 2010/10/30 Jérôme Gardou <jerome.gardou at laposte.net <mailto:
>>>> jerome.gardou at laposte.net>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>    Hi reactos developers.
>>>>
>>>>    As many of you know, the cmake branch development is going along
>>>>    and is the occasion of many innovations in the way reactos is  
>>>> built.
>>>>
>>>>    One of this way is the reactos.dff file. Currently, it is a static
>>>>    file, meaning that each time you want to add a module to reactos,
>>>>    you have to edit this file. What I propose is to create this file
>>>>    dynamically, when parsing the build system file. Adding a reactos
>>>>    module twould then be as simple as (!) creating a new build file
>>>>    for this module.
>>>>
>>>>    For those who are concerned about slipstreaming or optional files
>>>>    like wallpapers or whatever hacking they do with the current
>>>>    reactos.dff, it will be as easy as before. There will be a file to
>>>>    edit, which will be the "static" part of it. Whatever you'll write
>>>>    in this file will be written back to reactos.dff, so there is no
>>>>    need to worry about that.
>>>>
>>>>    What do you think?
>>>>
>>>>    Regards.
>>>>    Jérôme.
>>>>
>>>>    PS : The patch is there. It waits for your approval :-)
>>>>
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