[bt-devel] current CVS doesn't build

[Joachim Ansorg]

Hi!

I don'g no why your KDEBase doesn't build, but you need only KDELibs and QT to
build BibleTime successfully.

--Joachim

> >This is a concern for me as well  As I am getting close to the point where
> >I will be doing some work on the Install Manager, and being new to
> >BibleTime, Sword, C++, QT, and KDE Libs I am feeling like it would be
> >almost impossible for me to do any significant work.
> 
> Ditto...
> 
> I'd love to help out, but I can't even seem to get the kde CVS to build.  I've
> been trying for 2 days with CVSup, but kdebase won't build.  Anybody else
> having trouble with konq_factory.cc in kdebase?  
> 
> >My first thought for any error will be that I have made a mistake, and I
> >will probably spend hours looking.  This is probably not bad, as it will
> >force me to clearly understand what I am doing.  But then I will have to
> >try to determine in which of the snapshots I am getting a particular error.
> >
> >My development experience to this point has been code based on stable
> >libraries.  What sort of activities would lead to the best approach in an
> >environment where we are using 3 different beta libraries?  (QT, KDE and
> >Sword)  Can someone suggest an approach where I can easily determine where
> >an error might be, and the best approach to solving the problem?
> 
> In my (limited) experience, it's best to start with your own code as the
> potential source of problems.  If you think it might be in someone else's code
> and you're using beta code, try to see when the code was revised last.  I.e.,
> check the code and CVS for updates. If there has been an update, see what was
> changed.  It may be that the part that is giving you trouble has been unchanged
> for weeks.  From there, you're own your own.  Unfortunately, I can't give you a
> simpler answer than "Look at the Code."  Unless of course there is someone else
> near by who can look at the code with you. :P "Given enough pairs of eyes, all
> bugs are shallow"  -Linus
> 
> This should of course be taken with a grain of salt, since, as i mentioned
> before, I can't get the CVS of kdebase to build for me and I have no clue where
> the problem lies.
> 
> > >Thsnks for any guidance. > >-- >   Darwin Gregory > >   Creation is
> more scientifically valid than evolution!
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