[quake3] Re: quake3 MacOS hackery, continued...

[Ludwig Nussel]

Tim Angus wrote:
> On Sat, 26 Nov 2005 02:56:07 -0500 Ryan wrote:
> > - I have (re)added the SDL and OpenAL headers to Subversion. I don't
> > care what the Linux users say, this is non-negotiable. You can choose
> > to use the system versions if you want for Linux, but on Windows and
> > MacOS, these need to be included so we don't have to hunt down the
> > external dependency.
> 
> I don't agree with this. I don't understand the thinking behind it. I
> seriously doubt there are proportionately that many Windows or OS X
> users who actually build ioq3, and those that do surely have enough
> understanding to locate the required headers. Having system headers in
> the q3 source adds a maintenance headache we don't need.
> 
> As it stands the Windows (MinGW) build is now broken as the AL headers
> in SVN are too old. This is probably also the reason for:
> 
> > - OpenAL dynamic loading doesn't compile. Should make default and let
> > people choose a specific openal.dylib via a cvar.
> 
> > As such, there will also be Mac and Windows
> > precompiled versions of the libraries added, too.
> 
> Libraries are something to be considered when compiling binaries for
> distribution. It makes no sense at all to have them in /source/ control.

I can only add add an ACK to this mail. Those files are part of your
private build environment, they don't belong to Q3. Put them in a
separate tar.gz on the web site if you want to offer it to the
world.

cu
Ludwig

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