wxPython/distrib/howto-distrib.txt

   1 How to make a wxPython distribution
   2 ===================================
   3
   4 This file documents all the steps that need to be taken to make a full
   5 dsitribution of wxPython, building source and binary packages for
   6 Linux, Windows and OSX.  Much of this info is just "notes to self" and
   7 are specific to my machines and their custom setup, and may not be
   8 entirly applicable to others.  If other folks are able to glean some
   9 useful information from this then that is wonderful, but is not the
  10 main intent of this document...
  11
  12
  13
  14 Preflight Checklist
  15 -------------------
  16
  17 * Ensure that the version info in wxPython/config.py is correct.
  18
  19 * Ensure that all build machines are up to date with CVS, they should
  20   have the same versions of all the wxWidgets files if possible.  (Use
  21   a CVS tag if this is an official release.)
  22
  23 * Ensure that all SWIG files have been regnerated, by doing a "b 23 t"
  24   in wxPython, and then "b 23".  Check CVS status again, committing
  25   changes and updating on other build machines as neccessary.  This
  26   includes build scripts too, so as tweaks are made in the various
  27   processes below be sure to check in the scripts.
  28
  29 * Make the wxPython metadata XML file and ensure that it is committed
  30   to CVS.  On Xavier do:
  31
  32        docs/bin/simplify.py
  33
  34 * Ensure that docs/CHANGES.txt and docs/MigrationGuide.txt are
  35   updated, accurate and checked in to CVS.
  36
  37 * Regenerate the html versions of the ReST docs in wxPython/docs, and
  38   check in to CVS.  On Xavier do:
  39
  40        cd wxPython/docs
  41        docutils-buildhtml
  42
  43
  44
  45 Windows  (build env is on Cyclops)
  46 ----------------------------------
  47
  48 * Do a clean build of the ansi and unicode hybrid versions of
  49   wxWidgets:
  50
  51         cd wx/build/msw
  52         .make both-hybrid clean
  53         .make both-hybrid
  54
  55 * Build the tools. This btm script makes a static release version of
  56   wxWidgets, and then builds copies of wxrc.exe and tex2rtf.exe
  57   linking with that lib, placing them in wx/lib/vc_dll, (which you
  58   should have on the PATH.)
  59
  60        .make_tools.btm
  61
  62 * Make the .mo files
  63
  64        cd wx/locale
  65        makemo.py
  66
  67 * Make the HTMLHelp files.  In the wx\wxPython directory run:
  68
  69         distrib\makedocs.bat
  70
  71 * Clean any old wxPython builds:
  72
  73         del /sx build build.unicode
  74
  75 * Build all four versions of wxPython installers:
  76
  77          b 23 a
  78
  79 * Build the -devel .zip file:
  80
  81         dsitrib\makedev.bat $(VERSION)
  82
  83 * Copy the all the files created in wx\wxPython\dist to the file
  84   server at s:\Development\wxPython\dist\$(VERSION)
  85
  86
  87
  88 Linux
  89 -----
  90
  91 The distribution build for Linux is split across two machines, one to
  92 create the source archives and another to build the binaries.  On the
  93 primary development box (Xavier) do the following steps from the
  94 wx/wxPython dir:
  95
  96 * Clean out any former RPM build dirs, and any former dist files:
  97
  98         rm -r _build_rpm
  99         rm dist/*
 100
 101
 102 * Make the demo tarball:
 103
 104        distrib/makedemo
 105
 106 * Make the docs tarball:
 107
 108        distrib/makedocs
 109
 110 * Make the source tarball:
 111
 112        distrib/makerpm 2.3 skipclean skiprpm
 113
 114 * Make the four SRPMs:
 115
 116        distrib/makerpm 2.2 skipclean skipcopy skiptar srpm
 117        distrib/makerpm 2.3 skipclean skipcopy skiptar srpm
 118        distrib/makerpm 2.2 skipclean skipcopy skiptar srpm gtk2
 119        distrib/makerpm 2.3 skipclean skipcopy skiptar srpm gtk2
 120
 121 * Copy all the files created in wx/wxPython/dist to the file server at
 122   /stuff/Development/wxPython/dist/$(VERSION)
 123
 124
 125
 126 * The second half of the build process for Linux (building the binary
 127   RPMs) is performed on a fairly raw (uncustomized, only used for
 128   these builds, etc.) RedHat 9 machine.  This is done to make the RPMs
 129   as generic as possible, ensuring that there are no dependencies on
 130   non-standard libs and such that may be on my main development
 131   machine.  There are RH-9 VMware VMs both on Cyclops and on Xavier
 132   that are setup to do this, with both Python 2.2 and 2.3 installed,
 133   gtk+12 and gtk+2 devel libs, etc. As the root user, do the
 134   following:
 135
 136      mkdir /tmp/build
 137      cd /tmp/build
 138      SRCDIR=/stuff/Development/wxPython/dist/$(VERSION)
 139      for srpm in $SRCDIR/*.src.rpm; do
 140          myrpmbuild --rebuild $srpm
 141      done
 142
 143 * Copy the resulting RPMs to /stuff/Development/wxPython/dist/$(VERSION)
 144
 145
 146
 147
 148 Mac OSX
 149 -------
 150
 151 The Mac OSX build uses the tarball created on Linux, so it must be
 152 created first and in place on the file server.  There are currently
 153 two builds made of wxPythonOSX, one for Panther and Apple's version of
 154 Python, and one for Jaguar and a self-installed MacPythonOSX.
 155
 156 * On BigMac run the following as root:
 157
 158      cd wx/wxPython
 159      distrib/mac/wxPythonOSX/build panther
 160
 161 * On Whopper run the following as root:
 162
 163      cd wx/wxPython
 164      distrib/mac/wxPythonOSX/build jaguar
 165
 166 * Copy the resulting disk image files in wx/wxPython/dist on each
 167   machine to /stuff/Development/wxPython/dist/$(VERSION) on the file
 168   server.
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