Re: [NEW] devel/wabt

On 08/30/18 18:35, Brian Callahan wrote:
> Hi Fabian --
>
> On 08/30/18 17:28, Fabian Raetz wrote:
>> On Thu, Aug 30, 2018 at 05:12:35PM -0400, Brian Callahan wrote:
>>> Hi Fabian --
>>>
>>> On 08/30/18 16:42, Fabian Raetz wrote:
>>>> Hi all.
>>>>
>>>> i've been using the "WebAssembly Binary Toolkit" lately and thought
>>>> i create a
>>>> proper port for it.
>>>>
>>>> The port doesn't support running the tests as they require
>>>> some git submodules including
>>>> the gtest source. Sadly, my cmake skills are not good enough to
>>>> make the build system
>>>> use gtest from ports so i decided against it for the moment.
>>>>
>>>> In case you wanna compile a small WebAssembly programm yourself,
>>>> take a look at
>>>> https://jameshfisher.com/2017/10/13/webassembly-hello-world.html
>>>>
>>>> Cheers,
>>>> Fabian
>>>>
>>>> HOMEPAGE: https://github.com/WebAssembly/wabt
>>>>
>>>> DESCR:
>>>> WABT (we pronounce it "wabbit") is a suite of tools for
>>>> WebAssembly, including:
>>>>
>>>> wat2wasm:     translate from WebAssembly text format to the
>>>> WebAssembly binary
>>>>                 format
>>>> wasm2wat:     the inverse of wat2wasm, translate from the binary
>>>> format back
>>>>         to the text format (also known as a .wat)
>>>> wasm-objdump:     print information about a wasm binary. Similiar
>>>> to objdump.
>>>> wasm-interp:     decode and run a WebAssembly binary file using a
>>>> stack-based
>>>>                    interpreter
>>>> wat-desugar:     parse .wat text form as supported by the spec
>>>> interpreter
>>>>                    (s-expressions, flat syntax, or mixed) and print
>>>> "canonical"
>>>>                    flat format
>>>> wasm2c:     convert a WebAssembly binary file to a C source and header
>>>>
>>>>
>>> Is this different from the wabt port I ok'd here?
>>> https://marc.info/?l=openbsd-ports&m=152950481400669&w=2
>> There are some subtle differences. The port I sent is in the category
>> "devel"
>> instead of "lang". Also, I packaged version 1.0.5 where the local
>> patch is
>> already included. DESCR is also slightly different with regards to
>> formating.
>>
>> Otherwise both port are equal :)
>
> I changed the DESCR formatting to be different than both of them:
> ---
> WABT (we pronounce it "wabbit") is a suite of tools for WebAssembly,
> including:
>
> wat2wasm:
>   translate from WebAssembly text format to the WebAssembly binary format
>
> wasm2wat:
>   the inverse of wat2wasm, translate from the binary format back to the
>   text format (also known as a .wat)
>
> wasm-objdump:
>   print information about a wasm binary. Similiar to objdump.
>
> wasm-interp:
>   decode and run a WebAssembly binary file using a stack-based
> interpreter
>
> wat-desugar:
>   parse .wat text form as supported by the spec interpreter
>   (s-expressions, flat syntax, or mixed) and print "canonical" flat
> format
>
> wasm2c:
>   convert a WebAssembly binary file to a C source and header
> ---
>
> It reads better for my eyes but I guess these things eventually become
> a matter of opinion.
>
> On the more necessary side of things:
> * the build picks up a -Werror that has to go
> * CMake will pick up re2c if you have it installed so either set
> -DRUN_RE2C=OFF in CONFIGURE_ARGS or add a BDEP on re2c.
> * It's C++11, so needs a COMPILER line.
> * It looks for, and finds, python. Do we need to add MODULES=lang/python?
>
> There's no MAINTAINER. Either of you want to do it?
>

And now that I think about it, I think I like this living in lang/.
devel/ is overloaded, and we can at least justify this one living
somewhere else.

~Brian

> ~Brian
>
>>> I'm still waiting for an OK to import that one.
>>>
>>> ~Brian
>