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So, back to Oneiric + BigCouch.  Should I use spidermonkey 1.9.2 or 185?
 Should I build from source or install from a repo?  Thanks in advance,

-- Jim

On Tue, Oct 25, 2011 at 8:59 AM, Jim R. Wilson <wilson.jim.r@gmail.com>wrote:

> Hi Jason,
>
> Thanks for all your work on build-couchdb.  I had about given up on
> building couch when I found it, and it made my life significantly simpler.
>
> -- Jim
>
>
> On Tue, Oct 25, 2011 at 4:29 AM, Jason Smith <jhs@iriscouch.com> wrote:
>
>> On Tue, Oct 25, 2011 at 6:54 AM, CGS <cgsmcmlxxv@gmail.com> wrote:
>> > Hi Jason,
>> >
>> > First of all, good job that you thought to share from your experience
>> and
>> > put everything into a package.
>> >
>> > Just out of curiosity, I would like to ask you few questions if I may.
>> >
>> > 1. I noticed you put all the dependencies in your project (or at least
>> most
>> > of them). Why didn't you use wget (or git or whatever) instead to bring
>> them
>> > locally from the projects web pages?
>>
>> CouchDB could run anywhere. We should be able to burn a checkout onto
>> a CD-ROM and install offline.
>>
>> > 2. I also noticed you used log files for some processes while for others
>> > there are no such file (e.g., for icu you used config.log, but you
>> didn't
>> > add also the the compilation and installation to that log). Is there a
>> > reason or just the time didn't allow you to add logs for that? I am
>> sorry if
>> > this question is not correct, I see that scripting language for the
>> first
>> > time (I use BASH/AWK/SED and maybe few more for scripting).
>>
>> Build CouchDB was debugged into existence. Every feature was made to
>> solve some purpose at some time. I have not (intentionally) made
>> anything consistent. I have not worried about architecture or best
>> practices. Instead, I focus on continuous testing and confirming that
>> it works on every operating system. Once CouchDB is built, you never
>> run build-couchdb ever again.
>>
>> > 3. And one last thing related to the choice of scripting language. Is
>> there
>> > a reason you chose rake or it is just because you feel yourself "at
>> home"
>> > with it?
>>
>> Rake is an excellent domain-specific language for accomplishing stuff.
>> It is nice for building software because you can mix file tasks (like
>> Make) and also abstract tasks (like Ant). Rake is based on Ruby which
>> is widely-available, probably second-best language (after Perl): it is
>> bundled in the operating system by every Linux distribution and OS X;
>> and it is very convenient to install on Solaris.
>>
>> > Don't get me wrong, my intention was never to criticize your work. I
>> think
>> > you did great especially that you shared it with all of us. I am just
>> curios
>> > because I've seen different ways to do the same job and I am trying to
>> learn
>> > which one is the most suitable for such a job (maybe I will follow it as
>> > well because I am doing also some sys admin work).
>>
>> Totally. Sometimes I joke that build-couchdb is the worst thing I've
>> ever made; however, to a large extent, it is necessarily complex and
>> unaesthetic because the job it must perform is complex and
>> unaesthetic.
>>
>> --
>> Iris Couch
>>
>
>

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