[Bf-committers] Blender dependencies scripts in main repo

[Ray Molenkamp]

I have no objections, will this replace install_deps.sh? I have suggested merging all platforms
before but got push back due to install_deps wanting to use as much apt-get as possible to
keep the time needed to fetch the dependencies down.

I'm not sure making it easily available though make has my preference,  I can support other
platform maintainers building libs on windows, but I would lack the time to do this for a wider
user base. 

--Ray

On 7/24/2017 5:59 PM, Brecht Van Lommel wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I would like to get the scripts used to build library dependencies on Windows and macOS committed to the main Blender repository. Currently these scripts are on GitHub:
> https://github.com/LazyDodo/blender_dependencies
> https://github.com/brechtvl/blender_dependencies/tree/apple
>
> They could go into build_files/dependencies, and be invoked through "make dependencies".
>
> There are some code style differences, and various cleanups could be done as well. But I would like to know if others agree this is the right way to go, before spending time on making a branch / code review. Any objections/concerns about this?
>
> I've also ported the scripts to Linux, which wasn't a big step from macOS. I'd love to have a unified system for all platforms to generate a static release binary from scratch, but that's a more complicated discussion.
>
> Thanks,
> Brecht.