Support in Vcpkg

[luodaoyi]

Can mruby support in vcpkg?

[rubyFeedback]

It may help laying down which steps would be necessary for that. What steps would be necessary for mruby to be available via vcpkg as well?

[luodaoyi]

https://learn.microsoft.com/zh-cn/vcpkg/examples/packaging-github-repo
https://learn.microsoft.com/zh-cn/vcpkg/examples/packaging-zipfiles

like this ?

It may help laying down which steps would be necessary for that. What steps would be necessary for mruby to be available via vcpkg as well?

[matz]

Thank you for the suggestion. Unfortunately, I don't know anything about vpkg. Actually, I have never programmed on Windows. If you (or anyone) send me a pull-request, I'd love to merge.

[luodaoyi]

It's use cmake ...

[dearblue]

Please note that I have never used vcpkg or written a cmake file, so this is all speculation.

As far as I can see, the vcpkg repository receives a pull request for build instructions for an arbitrary package.
The cmake file would be placed on the vcpkg side.
😿 No ports/ruby, so here's a link to python: https://github.com/microsoft/vcpkg/blob/2023.06.20/ports/python3/portfile.cmake

Also, it seems that cmake has a function to call external commands.
Therefore, it may be possible to use rake DESTDIR=... install from the vcpkg side.

In addition, it seems that vcpkg-specific patches for mruby can also be placed on the vcpkg side.

To sum up:

• Probably no work needed in the mruby repository.
• Probably someone interested will send a pull request to vcpkg (probably as ports/mruby).
• Probably interested parties will update ports/mruby on the vcpkg side with a pull request.

[luodaoyi]

Please note that I have never used vcpkg or written a cmake file, so this is all speculation.

As far as I can see, the vcpkg repository receives a pull request for build instructions for an arbitrary package. The cmake file would be placed on the vcpkg side. 😿 No ports/ruby, so here's a link to python: https://github.com/microsoft/vcpkg/blob/2023.06.20/ports/python3/portfile.cmake

Also, it seems that cmake has a function to call external commands. Therefore, it may be possible to use rake DESTDIR=... install from the vcpkg side.

In addition, it seems that vcpkg-specific patches for mruby can also be placed on the vcpkg side.

To sum up:

• Probably no work needed in the mruby repository.
• Probably someone interested will send a pull request to vcpkg (probably as ports/mruby).
• Probably interested parties will update ports/mruby on the vcpkg side with a pull request.

Correct! But i am not cmake expert. I am only use it.

[diamant3]

Hi, I take the initiative on this issue and have already sent a PR to vcpkg, here: microsoft/vcpkg#32847 but please don't have high hopes because i'm neither an expert in cmake nor a mruby user(sorry, but I'll try this on my future projects ❤️)