There are some problem in meson 0.44.0.
`meson` change the way it detects static libraries (to something that seems
better to me), but it breaks some of our build that we have to fix.
Until we have fixed our dependencies declaration, let's force meson to
be in 0.43.0.
This publish the same this that nightly build except that :
- Use the `--make-release` option to force kiwix-build to use tagged
version of subprojects.
- The archives are named using the tag name.
- The archives are pushed to "releases" directory in download.kiwix.org.
I don't know why, but the travis build doesn't work since few days.
It seems that pip3 cannot install in `/usr/local` anymore.
Probably related to last travis change* as a lot of people seems to have
problem with this update and python (even if this is not the same problems)
Anyway, we should not install a dependencies in global environment without
a sudo. Let's install the pip3 dependencies for the user only.
[*] https://docs.travis-ci.com/user/build-environment-updates/2017-09-06/
Previous script (from kiwix repository) created a APK with all architecture embeded.
Now, we generated a APK per architecture. It simplify the build process and
generate smaller APKs.
We may end in a deadlock if we publish dependencies archives at the end
of the compilation and if all compilation succeed.
For example project B may depend on project A.
If we change the project A API and the project B code to reflect the API
change and merge A' API in master and create a PR for B, the PR for B
will need a new archive with new project A' API.
However, as B' master fails with new A, the whole compilation fails and
nothing is publish. So B'PR is never compiled successfully.
By publish the archives as soons as generated, the A' new API will be
published and B'PR will compile correctly, even if master fails.
Will be able to merge B'PR without bypassing travisCI.
Those dependencies will be used by travis CI in other projects.
We want to avoid other project to need a ssh key to get them :
- To avoid spread(and maintenance) of ssh key.
- For PR coming from another repositories, ssh key is not available.
By making those dependencies available by http, we simplify the process.
Fix partially #34.
Archives download need to be updated in client projects.
If we want to build other projects (kiwix-lib, kiwix-tools) with travis,
it is better to have all dependencies already compiled.
kiwix-build project now compiles them and publishes the dependencies
archive at the right place where other projects can use them.
Make `kiwix-build.py` also fail if sub-command fail instead of just print
an error message and quit.
`kiwix-deploy.py` is far more simple and already fails miserably if a
sub-command fails.
Isaac Hutt
kelson42
Matthieu Gautier