release builds should be added to github

[kylelutze]

We should move all the release builds into the github release section.

[Shayan-To]

When will you add releases? Is there anywhere I can download binaries from? (I use Windows and Ubuntu.)

[stephanemagnenat]

There are outdated binaries on the web site. For recent binaries, the ideal would be to have some form of continuous integration, creating builds that we can promote to releases. The problem is that this project is only very lightly maintained. There is no very active maintainer, when I have time I try to give it some love as the co-fonder of the project, but my bandwidth is very limited. So, if anyone can help setting up github CI to build binaries it would be very welcome!

[masoudd]

@stephanemagnenat Hi. I started working on this: https://github.com/masoudd/glob2/blob/master/.github/workflows/build.yml

The server won't build though. Fails with:

g++ -o build/src/glob2-server -g -Wall build/src/AINames.o build/src/BasePlayer.o build/src/BaseTeam.o build/src/BitArray.o build/src/GameHeader.o build/src/LANGameInformation.o build/src/LogFileManager.o build/src/MapHeader.o build/src/NetBroadcaster.o build/src/NetConnection.o build/src/NetConnectionThread.o build/src/NetConnectionThreadMessage.o build/src/NetGamePlayerManager.o build/src/NetListener.o build/src/NetMessage.o build/src/NetReteamingInformation.o build/src/NetTestSuite.o build/src/Order.o build/src/Race.o build/src/UnitType.o build/src/Utilities.o build/src/YOGConsts.o build/src/YOGGameInfo.o build/src/YOGGameResults.o build/src/YOGMessage.o build/src/YOGPlayerSessionInfo.o build/src/YOGPlayerStoredInfo.o build/src/BuildingUtils.o build/src/Bullet.o build/src/EntityType.o build/src/Glob2.o build/src/GlobalContainer.o build/src/Map.o build/src/MapThumbnail.o build/src/Sector.o build/src/Settings.o build/src/UnitUtils.o build/src/YOGAfterJoinGameInformation.o build/src/YOGDownloadableMapInfo.o build/src/WinningConditions.o build/src/YOGServerAdministratorCommands.o build/src/YOGServerAdministrator.o build/src/YOGServerAdministratorList.o build/src/YOGServerBannedIPListManager.o build/src/YOGServerChatChannel.o build/src/YOGServerChatChannelManager.o build/src/YOGServer.o build/src/YOGServerFileDistributationManager.o build/src/YOGServerFileDistributor.o build/src/YOGServerGame.o build/src/YOGServerGameLog.o build/src/YOGServerGameRouter.o build/src/YOGServerMapDatabank.o build/src/YOGServerPasswordRegistry.o build/src/YOGServerPlayer.o build/src/YOGServerPlayerScoreCalculator.o build/src/YOGServerPlayerStoredInfoManager.o build/src/YOGServerRouterAdministratorCommands.o build/src/YOGServerRouterAdministrator.o build/src/YOGServerRouter.o build/src/YOGServerRouterManager.o build/src/YOGServerRouterPlayer.o build/libgag/src/libgag_server.a -lz -lboost_thread -lboost_system -lpthread -lSDL2_net -lSDL2
/bin/ld: build/src/Settings.o: in function `Settings::load(std::__cxx11::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> >)':
/home/masoudd/code/glob2/src/Settings.cpp:129: undefined reference to `GAGGUI::Screen::scrollWheelEnabled'`

Here is the full log: http://ix.io/4e5x

See this failed run: https://github.com/masoudd/glob2/actions/runs/3320887140/jobs/5487810106

[Shayan-To]

I have a partially working version here.

For Ubuntu, it builds, but packaging does not work.

For Windows, I got stuck getting a build. I couldn't figure out how I should get the libraries for cross-compiling on Ubuntu. So I tried building on msys2 on Windows, and scons cannot find anything. I think it is looking for things in the wrong places. And for some reason, the behavior on GitHub actions is different from the behavior on my local machine.

(In fact, I was doing this some time ago, when some work came through and I forgot about it; until now that I saw the comment above!)

[stephanemagnenat]

@Shayan-To could you make a draft PR rebased on latest master? That way people can easily try on their side?

[Shayan-To]

@stephanemagnenat I opened #77.