CASA Software Engineering Project: Create CASA Build Tool Wrappers

Create build tools wrapper scripts to simplify routine build tasks.

Status: See CAS-5397.

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Team

• ScottRankin

Customers

• CASA Developers

Collaborators

• None

Plan

• Implement the subset required by the public continuous build test server (CCBTS) first.
• Extend to improve developer convenience as time allows.

Deliverables

• Build Tool Wrappers User's Guide
• How to Build CASA Using Build Tool Wrappers

Requirements

Requirements are listed in the User's Guide. See the About section for a summary of this project.

Design

• One shell script for each low level build task for each CASA build component (todo: define build component):
  • configure* - with CMake
  • compile* - and link using make
  • test* - make test
  • install* - make install
• One build* script for each CASA build component that sequences the lower level scripts.
• One buildCasa script that sequences build* scripts.
• One configuration file for these scripts that allow developers to tune behavior as needed.
  • Defaults will match those required by the public continuous build test server.
  • Tuning will be described in the Build Tool Wrappers User's Guide

Implementation

• Source: BuildToolWrappers.
• Packages: Package-CASA-Build-Tool-Wrappers.

Tasks

Project tasks are tracked with Jira sub-tasks under this project's master task. See CAS-5397.

Suggested Improvements

Please write Jira tickets to suggest improvements. Add these as sub-tasks to CAS-5397.

-- ScottRankin - 2013-07-22