fake build script for this repository

[smoothdeveloper]

This is mostly for discussions and those who want to try out to have a main build script which is platform agnostic rather than maintaining build.cmd build.sh

This is what I have now, far from completion but it builds the main compiler on my windows machine and tries to follow what I'm reading in build.cmd:

https://github.com/smoothdeveloper/buildvisualfsharp/blob/master/fakebuild.fsx

I'll try to make this work on a mac when I have a chance.

I think relying on .fsx script (here made with FAKE) has lots of advantages, one of those is being able to step through the script in a FSI session.

[KevinRansom]

@smoothdeveloper
Thank you for raising this. This arises from time to time, but is something we have on our radar.

[smoothdeveloper]

@KevinRansom I'm just seeing this:

https://github.com/dolly22/fake.dotnet

this might be worth a look to have a crossplatform wrapper to calls to dotnet.exe and installing core clr stuff in our build scripts.

Fake is also coming to .net core:

fsprojects/FAKE#1281

[smoothdeveloper]

@KevinRansom, I was chatting on the matter and someone hinted that "not" might not have made it in your comment:

but is something we have on our radar.

Is it on the radar or not on the radar?

[dsyme]

"On the radar" roughly means "aware of the possibility, and could imagine doing it in theory or if things continue to make it more compelling, but no active plan to do it in practice right now". So it's on the radar.