[SGVLUG] Soliciting short talks for May

[James McDuffie]

I have much to learn about CMake myself before I would have anything to
present. Also, to me make systems are a necessary evil. I usually learn
just enough to get things going the way I want.


On Fri, Feb 12, 2016, at 03:29 AM, Lan Dang via SGVLUG wrote:
> James,
>
> I'm tempted to ask you to speak about CMake and how to set it up for a
> project.
>
> Other topics I just thought of:
>
> * How do you start developing a Rails app and what are your options
>   for deploying it?
> * How can you add bash-completion to your favorite tool?
> * What are some things you can put in your ssh config?
> * How do you manage your ssh keys?
>
> Lan
>
>
> **From:** James McDuffie <mcduffie at pitfall.org> **To:**
> sgvlug at sgvlug.net **Sent:** Thursday, February 11, 2016 6:20 PM
> **Subject:** Re: [SGVLUG] Soliciting short talks for May
>
> I think your package looks fine the way it is laid out. Your using
> autotools. Its okay not to understand it completely, because I don't
> know anyone who does. I tried compiling it and it failed to find SDL,
> although I have it installed. So yeah its not completely right. You
> might want to consider CMake. You might find it easier to set up than
> autotools. Its my preferred build system and I believe its growing
> more popular. It has a bunch of stuff built in, such as a FindSDL
> routine. And there are plenty of modules out there for finding other
> packages.
>
> On Wed, Feb 10, 2016, at 10:17 PM, John Slayton wrote:
>> Hi James, I didn\'t have in mind licensing or legal questions.  More
>> like a look at the GNU build system.  Could look at it from the
>> consumer\'s point of view, e.g. \"What happens when I do ./configure,
>> make, make install?\"  Or from the creators\':  \"OK, I have a
>> working app, now how do I use the autotools to create a publishable
>> package?\"  My own feeble attempt at this is online at www.desk-
>> net.net (link at bottom of the page.)  It works, kind of, but
>> doesn\'t seem to be quite right.  I don\'t believe I\'ve ever heard a
>> presentation on how to do this.
>>
>>
>>
>> -------- Original Message ---------- From: James McDuffie To:
>> sgvlug at sgvlug.net
>> Cc: Sent: Wed, 10 Feb 2016 15:11:34 -0800 Subject: Re: [SGVLUG]
>>     Soliciting short talks for May
>>
>> That\'s a really open ended question. Do you mean in terms of how you
>> wrap things up to distribute it as open source? Are you wondering
>> about things like directory structure organization, build systems or
>> licensing?       On Wed, Feb 10, 2016, at 03:01 PM, John Slayton
>> wrote: Anybody know how to assemble a GNU package? js --------
>> Original Message ---------- From: Lan Dang via SGVLUG To: \"SGVLUG
>> Discussion List.\"
>> Cc: Sent: Wed, 10 Feb 2016 19:58:30 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [SGVLUG]
>>     Soliciting short talks for May Hi all, We are expecting to meet
>>     at OpenX for February through April, because that was the
>>     preference of our speakers. OpenX is a fabulous and generous host
>>     with a large meeting space, good wifi and a great A/V system. I
>>     actually really enjoy meeting at Du-Par\'s, and want to go back
>>     there in May. It\'s relaxing and great for socializing with
>>     fellow LUG members. At the last LUG, some of the guys were still
>>     talking till 4am. I am soliciting short talks that would appeal
>>     to the group in general. For example, Jess did this great
>>     overview on Linux Desktop environments a few meetings ago, that
>>     was a great hit. Please come up with ideas of a talk you could
>>     give, or a talk you would like to hear. My contribution: A brief
>>     demo on how to get started with Git and GitHub Thanks, Lan
>
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