Automatic builds

oliof

@gregsaun that woulf be great if combined with a move to cmake ...

gregsaun

@oliof Ah yes that would be great too. This can probably be handled as two separate tasks but I agree it would make sense. Moving to cmake is probably a lot of work.

oliof

@gregsaun there is an incomplete PR by @mfs12 that only targets ~~Duet2~~the mini 3, covering all the other target devices would be "just work", but of course it's up to @dc42 to make that call (-;

mfs12

Hey @gregsaun, @oliof,

Paneldue is already ported to cmake. Check the github repo https://github.com/Duet3D/PanelDueFirmware

It runs perfectly within Arch Linux so integration with automated build based on docker or similar should be feasible.

I also started this work for RepRapFirmware. It brings basic support for the mini5+. It needs most of the configuration for other boards to be ported. Otherwise i think it's a good basis to start off.

Check https://github.com/mfs12/RepRapFirmware/tree/integrate-cmake-build-system

gregsaun

@mfs12 That is awesome to head, thanks for that work. So yes for PanelDue we can use GitHub actions, it is using docker and you can specify the OS as well if you like.

mfs12

@gregsaun can you share the github action files. So far i am not familiar with github actions but would like to have this integrated as well.

gregsaun

@mfs12 It is not published yet but here is the create release GitHub action script I am currently using to create the release:
create_release.yml.txt

I have an external script to create the zip files and for now the splash screen creation isn't done yet. You need to rename the file as .yml

mfs12

@gregsaun, thanks i will have a look into it.

mfs12

BTW to build Paneldue any Linux should be fine no need to use specifically Arch Linux.

gregsaun

@mfs12 Don't hesitate if you need help

gregsaun

For info, this is how my draft release looks like on GitHub after the automatic creation