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LBNL-ETA / Radiance

A Validated Lighting Simulation Tool
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Question Regarding the next Release #31

Closed RobWalt closed 6 months ago

RobWalt commented 6 months ago

I'm currently trying to package the repo for nixpkgs. I wanted to go with the latest stable release 5.4. but I ran into the following compile errors. Since there are already a few 6.0a pre-releases out there I kindly wanted to ask if and when you're planning to do the next major release. Packaging the pre-releases was rather easy and so that would help us a lot.

Gregungory commented 6 months ago

Hi Robert,

So great to have you working on this. Unfortunately, it's not good timing for an official release, as 6.0a is really alpha at this stage, since few people have had a chance to take the new features out for a test ride. You are of course welcome to put a package together in any case, but it may not be as stable/reliable as you like, at least as far as the new capabilities are concerned.

Cheers, -Greg

From: Robert Walter @.> Date: May 2, 2024 at 10:57:31 PM PDT To: LBNL-ETA/Radiance @.> Cc: Subscribed @.***>

I'm currently trying to package the repo for nixpkgs https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/307683. I wanted to go with the latest stable release 5.4. but I ran into the following compile errors https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/307683#discussion_r1588767967. Since there are already a few 6.0a pre-releases out there I kindly wanted to ask if and when you're planning to do the next major release. Packaging the pre-releases was rather easy and so that would help us a lot.

taoning commented 6 months ago

Hi Robert,

I looked at your compile errors but couldn't figure out why (Other than a few missing libraries from cmake). You mentioned 6.0a compiles so I am not sure what's the issue here. I'd be happy to help you get 5.4 compiled if you can give me a few pointer on how to reproduce this. I assume I need to get Nix setup?

RobWalt commented 6 months ago

Hi Robert, So great to have you working on this. Unfortunately, it's not good timing for an official release, as 6.0a is really alpha at this stage, since few people have had a chance to take the new features out for a test ride. You are of course welcome to put a package together in any case, but it may not be as stable/reliable as you like, at least as far as the new capabilities are concerned. Cheers, -Greg … From: Robert Walter @.> Date: May 2, 2024 at 10:57:31 PM PDT To: LBNL-ETA/Radiance @.> Cc: Subscribed @.***> I'm currently trying to package the repo for nixpkgs <NixOS/nixpkgs#307683>. I wanted to go with the latest stable release 5.4. but I ran into the following compile errors <NixOS/nixpkgs#307683 (comment)>. Since there are already a few 6.0a pre-releases out there I kindly wanted to ask if and when you're planning to do the next major release. Packaging the pre-releases was rather easy and so that would help us a lot.

Hi Greg,

thanks for the fast reply and the information. I will try to stick to the 5.4. release for the package for the mean time then and maybe test out the alpha on my own.

All the best, Robert

RobWalt commented 6 months ago

Hi Robert,

I looked at your compile errors but couldn't figure out why (Other than a few missing libraries from cmake). You mentioned 6.0a compiles so I am not sure what's the issue here. I'd be happy to help you get 5.4 compiled if you can give me a few pointer on how to reproduce this.

I'm also still tapping in the dark and I'm afraid there is not really any additional info other than what I already posted. You can try to join me packaging though, but I guess this could be hard if you have no experiences with nix yet. Feel free to ask me anything if you want though!

I assume I need to get Nix setup?

Yes, probably something along the lines here https://nixos.org/manual/nix/stable/installation/installing-binary#single-user-installation. Note that you can uninstall it simply by removing the /nix dir, so it shouldn't pollute your system https://nixos.org/manual/nix/stable/installation/uninstall#single-user

After that you can checkout the PR in the nixpkgs repo and run nix-build -A radiance to build the package. All the relevant source code can be found here: https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/blob/7f6552aba21c8dd0d2b74c3be9e4fd371fffee63/pkgs/by-name/ra/radiance/package.nix

RobWalt commented 6 months ago

I was just able to fix the error while packaging which means radiance should be available under nixpkgs soon. Thanks for the help and answers. I'm closing this issue here now!