[Lsb-infrastructure] Adding C++ libs to LSB

Wichmann, Mats D mats.d.wichmann at intel.com
Thu Jul 12 06:34:29 PDT 2007


Vladimir Rubanov wrote:
> Mats,
> 
> we have been working on the C++ problem for a few months. We are
trying to
> re-import Qt3 as a practical example. First, we updated the DB schema
> for storing C++ data with additional details to enable correct headers
> generation (generation scripts are updated accordingly). Then, we are
> struggling with populating these new tables with full Qt3 data. We had
to
> develop a couple of new tools for automating some steps, though there
are
> still manual analytical actions required. We are almost done with Qt3
- the
> new schema and "clean and complete" Qt3 data have been scheduled for
the
> coming release.
> 
> Meanwhile, the importing process is not well tuned and the tools
developed
> are not of production quality. The "Qt3 re-import project" was rather
> for "reconnaissance" purpose. But now we are going to use the
experience for
> developing the production framework for importing C++ libraries, which
will
> include new tools + guidelines for combining them with manual
> analytical steps. Afterwards, we are going to check the framework on
> practical re-import of Qt4 (and possibly libstdc++) data and finally
> publish it for the community use. But this will require months. I hope
we'll
> be able to add new C++ libraries for LSB 4.0 with the help of this new
framework.


Sounds good to me, thanks for the update.




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