[3dprinter-general] New build system for Cura (was: Bug#1026856: cura-engine: FTBFS: 14 tests segfault)

[Gregor Riepl]

Hi Christoph,

>> It will be fixed in libarcus 5.0.0-2, which is waiting for release:
> 
> I just uploaded that version.

Thanks.
Do we need to trigger any package rebuilds, or will this happen 
automatically?

> I also gave updating to 5.2.2 a try, but the whole buildsystem has
> changed and it seems to require a whole new set of patches. Alpine has
> this:
 >
 > which seems like a good starting point, but it's likely not doing the
 > right thing wrt to Debian's Pythons versions handling.

Looks like they're using cmake + ninja now.

I hope this will work with pybuild. If it does, it should automatically 
pick up the right Python version, or do a multi-version build as needed.

> If someone with more clue than me about sip (is that still needed?),
> cmake, and pybuild could pick that up, that would be nice.

We'll find out when we try. :)

Regards,
Gregor