GNU bug report logs - #65206
29.1; [windows][patch] build-deps-zips.py is broken and hard to maintain

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Message #47 received at 65206 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Kangas <stefankangas <at> gmail.com>
To: Corwin Brust <corwin <at> bru.st>
Cc: 65206 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#65206: 29.1; [windows][patch] build-deps-zips.py is broken
 and hard to maintain
Date: Sun, 23 Feb 2025 06:17:37 +0000

Corwin Brust <corwin <at> bru.st> writes:

> The script nt/admin/dist-build/build-deps-zips.py needs help.  This is
> the script that I use to collect and package dependencies and sources
> for dependencies on Microsoft Windows, as part of releasing Emacs
> binaries for Windows.  It is a python script that runs under MSYS2
> MSYS console (not MinGW).
>
> Neither the version currently in the emacs-29 nor in the master
> branches will work for the given Emacs version without changes.  The
> attached patch would make emacs-29 match what I am using locally.
>
> In addition to other changes, the patch reflects my current "transformation map"
> approach to deal with MSYS source package paths change, which seems to
> be happening quite a bit upstream.
>
> In case it may not be clear, my process is to run the script
> after updating local MSYS packages that are dependencies (optional or
> no), or edit and run it when Emacs' dependencies have changed.
>
> The patch reflects the script as I have been using it during the Emacs
> 29 release process.  I'm sure there's general room for improvement
> (editing this script is literally my only python coding credit), I'm
> opening this bug report because bug#65188 (a packaging error preventing
> WEBP from working for people using the Windows binaries) has called
> attention to the importance of having additional eyes on build tooling
> (especially when it so far contains hard-coded lists of upstream deps).

That was 18 months ago.  What's the latest here, did you make any
progress?  Is this bug report still relevant?

Thanks in advance.

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