Introduction of Build Script (Please Read Carefully)

[Derek Battams]

To build an app zip for the repository, it must be signable by Boxee and for that, the <test-app> tag has to be removed from the descriptor file.  But to run the app in a dev mode, you need the tag in the descriptor.  So, I've created a build environment for the app, which easily allows the building of the test/dev version of the zip file and a production version.  The build process will probably be tweaked still, but I am delivering it now so I can continue working on the app repository.

There are some key changes introduced here:

• The version.py file is now being generated at build time; you can no longer just copy the contents of the com.googlecode.sagetvboxee.SageBoxee dir and run it as an app!
• To build the latest and greatest version of the app, you must setup the build env, build a zip file, then unzip the zip file in your Boxee apps dir.
• All the details on how to build are here: http://code.google.com/p/sagetv-boxee/wiki/HowToBuildApp

I've hopefully made the build process as easy as possible.  It shouldn't take anyone longer than 10 minutes to prep the build env and once you do, it's just a matter of running ant as needed to create the zip file.  Feedback welcomed.

I plan on delivering this to svn over my lunch break, if I have time.  If not, it'll probably be around 17:00 EDT.

  - Derek

[Daniel Kohler]

Good work on this Derek, guess there's a lot to it, eh?  So in this setup, where exactly will the repository live?  I think it might be worth taking a look at the Navi-X project on Google Code if you haven't already.  They're directory structure is pretty easy to understand.

[Daniel Kohler]

Never mind, was thinking that the repo directory in the project was related to SVN.  Once I realized it is the Boxee app repository, it made more sense.  I guess the only thing I notice is the Navi-X project is that their application directory has a normal name, unlike our com.googlecode....

-Dan

[Karl Ricker]

To run the latest version just for myself, can I stop after the
building and skip uploading it to the repository?

On Jul 26, 12:11 pm, Derek Battams <de...@battams.ca> wrote:
> To build an app zip for the repository, it must be signable by Boxee and for
> that, the <test-app> tag has to be removed from the descriptor file.  But to
> run the app in a dev mode, you need the tag in the descriptor.  So, I've
> created a build environment for the app, which easily allows the building of
> the test/dev version of the zip file and a production version.  The build
> process will probably be tweaked still, but I am delivering it now so I can
> continue working on the app repository.
>
> There are some key changes introduced here:
>

>    - The version.py file is now being generated at build time; *you can no

>    longer just copy the contents of the com.googlecode.sagetvboxee.SageBoxee

>    dir and run it as an app!*
>    - To build the latest and greatest version of the app, you must setup the

>    build env, build a zip file, then unzip the zip file in your Boxee apps dir.

>    - All the details on how to build are here:

[Michael Reid]

responded to Karl in IM.

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