c++ quickstart broken

[phi...@mulcahyfamily.org]

1) https://grpc.io/docs/quickstart/cpp/ says "follow the instructions to install gRPC C++ via make", but the linked page leads with bazel (with a secondary reference to cmake).

2) The linked page: https://github.com/grpc/grpc/blob/master/src/cpp/README.md#make doesn't work. I think it may be because http_archive has been moved/deprecated but the rules don't include the relevant spell to import it - see https://stackoverflow.com/questions/56229865/build-breaking-after-bazel-upgrade

The general impression is that no-one who knows what they're doing has tried this out for a while (for c++ at least) and that you may be scaring off a bunch of potential contributors.

IF I get it working, would some PRs for the docs be of interest?

Yours,

Philip

[Patrice Chalin]

Hi Philip,

I've started reviewing the grpc.io guides, the Quick Start pages in particular.

Would you mind opening issue(s) here: https://github.com/grpc/grpc.io/issues/new ? I'll take a look as soon as I can. If you'd rather that I create the issues, let me know, I'd be glad to do so.

Thanks,

Patrice

[Nicolas Noble]

We should direct people towards Bazel as much as possible for the quickstart, especially since the ./tools/bazel script should be fine for Linux and windows even if Bazel isn't installed. 

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[Patrice Chalin]

Got it.

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[Patrice Chalin]

FYI, I created https://github.com/grpc/grpc.io/issues/94 to track the issues mentioned in this thread.

[phi...@mulcahyfamily.org]

Thanks for responding so fast!

I’ve created https://github.com/grpc/grpc.io/issues/95 and https://github.com/grpc/grpc.io/issues/96.

I will continue to file tickets as I progress if I get stuck (not just due to my own stupidity).

Yours,

Philip

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