Re: GNU G-Golf 0.8.0-a.1 available for testing!

[Aleix Conchillo Flaqué]

Great! Thank you David!

I was able to add g-golf to Guile Homebrew. So it now runs on macOS (see
images here [1]). I had to do a couple of changes, see line 33, 34, 35 and
also two simple patches at the end of:

https://github.com/aconchillo/homebrew-guile/blob/master/Formula/g-golf.rb

The changes are:

- We need the full path of glib, gobject, etc. They are not always in
/usr/lib. For example, guile-gcrypt solves this by specifying
--with-libgcrypt-prefix and we can point to /opt/homebrew/ for example.
That's what those inreplace lines do.

- The configure.ac patch fixes SITEDIR and SITECACHEDIR when
--with-guile-site=no. Btw, this is also the case for guile-lib (has the
same code). I believe the right paths should be:

SITEDIR="$datadir/guile/site/$GUILE_EFFECTIVE_VERSION";
SITECCACHEDIR="$libdir/guile/$GUILE_EFFECTIVE_VERSION/site-ccache";

- The Makefile.am patch places libg-golf in the Guile extensions directory
$(libdir)/guile/$(GUILE_EFFECTIVE_VERSION)/extensions, which I believe is
the right thing to do.

I hope this helps. If all this makes sense I can send patches.

Best,

Aleix

[1] https://emacs.ch/@aconchillo/109519735429741042

On Tue, Dec 13, 2022 at 12:37 PM David Pirotte <david@altosw.be> wrote:

> Hello Guilers,
>
> The first alpha release of the upcoming 0.8.0 release is now available
> for testing:
>
>         Tarball and a GPG detached signature [*]:
>
>                 http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/g-golf/g-golf-0.8.0-a.1.tar.gz
>                 http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/g-golf/g-golf-0.8.0-a.1.tar.gz.sig
>
>         Dependencies and complete installation instructions are given
>         in the distributed INSTALL file, or here:
>
>                 https://www.gnu.org/software/g-golf/install.html
>
> You can help by:
>
>   1. Testing by installing from the tarball, or from the source if you
>   prefer, on the distro of your choice.
>
>   2. By running the distributed examples.
>
> Ultimately, one of the best way to test, and participate, is to select
> G-Golf to develop the next application of your dream! Here is an
> overview of the GNOME platform libraries [1], accessible using G-Golf.
> In particular, libadwaita [2] provides a number of widgets that change
> their layout based on the available space. This can be used to make
> applications adapt their UI between desktop and mobile devices.
>
> Contact [3]
>
> Before you email, or bug report, you could join us on irc, and ping
> me there: be patient, I also need to eat, sleep, rest ... but I always
> answer, and this my preferred way to quickly interact and fix potential
> G-Golf problem(s).
>
> On irc, we chat :), so please do not write code snipsets there unless 2
> or 3 lines of code, nor error messages of course - for more then 2 or 3
> lines of code, or error messages, always use a tor-friendly paste
> service (avoid those that tracks us an require javascript, thanks!)
>
> However, if you prefer:
>
>         G-Golf uses Guile's mailing lists
>         Report bugs to bug-g-golf@gnu.org
>
> Thanks!
> David
>
> [*] Use a .sig file to verify that the corresponding file (without the
>     .sig suffix) is intact.  First, be sure to download both the .sig
>     file and the corresponding tarball.  Then, run a command like this:
>
>         gpg --verify g-golf-0.8.0-a.1.tar.gz
>
>     If that command fails because you don't have the required public
>     key, then run this command to import it:
>
>         gpg --keyserver keys.gnupg.net --recv-keys A3057AD7
>
>     and rerun the 'gpg --verify' command
>
>
> [1]
> https://developer.gnome.org/documentation/introduction/overview/libraries.html
> [2] https://gnome.pages.gitlab.gnome.org/libadwaita/doc/main/
> [3] https://www.gnu.org/software/g-golf/contact.html
>