[Bf-committers] Blender dependencies scripts in main repo

[Ray Molenkamp]

On 7/25/2017 3:38 AM, Sergey Sharybin wrote:
>
>> I would like to have the files in the main Blender repo so that when adding
>> or upgrading a library, a single commit documents all the changes, and can
>> be submitted to differential. It also means we can reuse existing cmake
>> code, which is more painful if we use a submodule.
>>
> I don't see why submitting a patch to differencial is important. It is much
> more important to mail this mailing list when you need something. This is
> the only reliable way to guarantee all platform maintainers and maintainers
> of our build instructions on Wiki will pick things up and  sign under that
> they made a build.

I don't think we're gonna have a single commit for a lib upgrade anyhow, there's a bunch of
externals that do not test on windows regularly , (oiio had it's fair share of issues in the last
year for instance) if someone updates a lib version, odds are i have to make some patches
to actually make it build.  That being said, I'd still prefer doing that than all platform devs
having their own build scripts to maintain.

--Ray