[swift-evolution] Proposal for swift build linux on Mac os x

[Saagar Jha]

Apple's bug reporter would be a better place.
On Sat, Aug 13, 2016 at 16:16 Félix Cloutier <swift-evolution at swift.org>
wrote:

> The swift-evolution mailing list is about the language itself, Xcode is
> independent. I don't know where you could try to push that suggestion.
>
>
> Félix
>
> Le 13 août 2016 à 16:40:42, apps4u via swift-evolution <
> swift-evolution at swift.org> a écrit :
>
> I have a Proposal but I'm not sure if Its the right place to propose but
> as it has to do with building Swift So I'm going to submit here. So Please
> let me know if that is not the place to propose this feature. As it
> includes Xcode.
>
>
> Ok So this is a proposal for being able to build swift for linux on Mac Os
> X in Xcode just like a native target.
>
> With the release of Hypervisor.framework It would be good if from within
> Xcode I can create a project with a Linux Target and when clicking Build
> and run it create a VM running a small linux Kernel using
> Hypervisor.framework.
> By using Hypervisor.framework it would be better integrated into the tools
> as it has a small foot print. The idea would be to have the VM downloaded
> before a build. The linux VM should be small and only have the required
> software to test a server and using the hypervisor.framework the project
> build folder can be attached to the vm at build time so the working with
> different projects at the same time would not require lots of VM.
>
> Now I know that this would be best if integrated into Xcode and this is
> the Swift Language mailing list but Swift build is part of the Language.
>
> This could also be used to debugging. Now Its possible now to use Docker
> to run a linux vm and have a shared folder for your project and some
> scripts to kick off the build. But it take time to setup per project and is
> not the Experience i would expect in Xcode.
>
> Now My first thought when I found out about Hypervisor.framework that the
> reason it was created was to add linux targets to Xcode.
>
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