Re: [Gimp-developer] Portable development environment for GIMP

[Michael Schumacher <schumaml gmx de>]

On 09/28/2015 08:40 PM, Sam Gleske wrote:

> FUTURE:
> Even when I maintain the build system at build.gimp.org there's regularly a
> "works for me" statement when the build system fails but it passes on a
> developers laptop.  These challenges hinder progress when having a
> repeatable build environment would solve these issues.

GIMP developers use Debian Testing, with the assumption that is anything
is present there, then a GIMP build can require it.

A build based on Debian Jessie, currently aka Debian Stable, will divert
from that over time, and might not even contain some of the required
dependencies. Due to the recent release of Jessie, this is not very
noticeable yet.

A moving target like Debian Testing is probably a less than optimal
building block for a vagrant-based approach.

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Regards,
Michael
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