[question] providing applications to cci?

[derived-coder]

I would like to see recipes for tools like:
mono, plantuml, java, etc...
i.e. Applications

1. Is CCI open to accept PR for these tools?
2. What is when they cannot be build from source and only binaries (for the major three platforms) can be provided?

• [x ] I've read the CONTRIBUTING guide.

[danimtb]

Hi @derived-coder! I am movig this issue to the conan-center-index repository for further discussion as this is not related to the conan client but to conan center. Thank you!

[jgsogo]

I would like to see recipes for tools like:
mono, plantuml, java, etc...
i.e. Applications

1. Is CCI open to accept PR for these tools?

Are those tools open-source? Are they developed using C++?

2. What is when they cannot be build from source and only binaries (for the major three platforms) can be provided?

You can read the packaging policy here (https://github.com/conan-io/conan-center-index/blob/master/docs/packaging_policy.md). The general rule is that all packages have to be built from sources.

[derived-coder]

I am not sure whether they are developed with C++, but these are tools that I saw needed by other C++ libraries for code generation or documentation. So when they are buildable via source, I could add recipes for it?

[jgsogo]

This is a place for C/C++ packages, not a binary distribution service. If those tools are written in C/C++ they are more than welcome, if they are needed to build other packages we will think about how we can provide them (we can install them in the CI machines and create an xxx/system recipe to manage them).

[derived-coder]

Mono and Java are written in C/C++ as foundation, but the big parte is in written in C#/Java then
PlantUML is using java

As definition, this would mean I can only add mono/java recipes?

[jgsogo]

IMHO, those packages are not meant for ConanCenter, they are not C/C++ or tools required by the C/C++ ecosystem.

What is the use-case you are trying to cover? Why do you think ConanCenter could be a good place to add those recipes? I think it would be helpful if we are able to know about the full picture.

Thanks!

[derived-coder]

these are tools that I saw needed by other C++ libraries for code generation or documentation.

[jgsogo]

these are tools that I saw needed by other C++ libraries for code generation or documentation.

Which libraries are requiring these tools? Is there any pull-request blocked because of this?

[jgsogo]

As said here, same about final applications: if they are useful for other libraries or to the C++ ecosystem, let's go with them.