[swift-evolution] [swift-build-dev] [Review] SE-0038 Package Manager C Language Target Support
Chris Bailey
BAILEYC at uk.ibm.com
Thu Feb 18 15:25:29 CST 2016
Hi Rick:
Thanks for putting this proposal together - having the ability to build
and link to C dependencies is going to be a huge step forward and this
very much looks like a step in the right direction.
I know there's been some discussion about being able to invoke custom
build targets and/or link to local dependencies. I agree that we don't
want to pre-design the entire solution but iterate in the right direction
and get feedback as we go. One thing we can do is look at some of the
challenges and solutions from other languages.
If we look at Node.js/NPM, as the most used language package manager, it
highlights the high usage of native modules. Most native modules have a
dependency on "nan" which has >6.5M downloads a month and approaching 1000
dependent modules.
As an example, one of those dependents is "zmq" (30K+ downloads/month)
which provides Node.js bindings for ZeroMQ. This provides a Node.js
wrapper around the zeromq library (installable via homebrew, apt-get etc).
The NPM approach is that at install/build time, the binding.gyp file can
be configured to check for the presence of the library, and to add the
necessary include and link flags.
I know that supporting that kind of scenario is outside of the scope of
this proposal - is it however a direction we're headed to?
Thanks,
Chris
From: Rick Ballard via swift-build-dev <swift-build-dev at swift.org>
To: swift-evolution-announce at swift.org
Cc: swift-evolution <swift-evolution at swift.org>,
swift-build-dev at swift.org
Date: 17/02/2016 02:12
Subject: [swift-build-dev] [Review] SE-0038 Package Manager C
Language Target Support
Sent by: swift-build-dev-bounces at swift.org
Hello Swift community,
A review of “Package Manager C Language Target Support” for the Swift
Package Manager begins now and runs through Monday, February 22th. The
proposal is available here:
https://github.com/apple/swift-evolution/blob/master/proposals/0038-swiftpm-c-language-targets.md
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