Changes between Version 11 and Version 12 of LeaveTheNest

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03/12/09 20:02:22 (13 years ago)
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    2121See http://code.google.com/p/partcl/wiki/PartclSource - We have two versions of the project, one to work against a specific release version of parrot (hopefully the latest), and another to work against trunk. This insulates your users from changes in your code or parrot's code, and lets you work against a stable version without having things change out from under you. We  
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    23 == Don't rely on top level Configure == 
     23== Don't rely on Parrot's top level Configure == 
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    25 Grab a copy of another language's Configure.pl, copy into your directory and update it for your language. This allows you to regenerate your makefile without relying on a top level Configure.pl run.  
     25Grab a copy of another language's Configure.pl, copy into your directory and update it for your language. This allows you to regenerate your makefile without relying on a top level Configure.pl run. 
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     27[2009-03-12, pmichaud]:  Languages might want to take a look at the Configure.pl being used for Rakudo's configuration.  It provides a --gen-parrot option that automatically downloads and builds the version of parrot specified in build/PARROT_REVISION, then generates a Makefile using that.  (Note you will also need the build/gen_parrot.pl script from Rakudo as well to do this.)  
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    2729= As you leave =