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Introduction |
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This is the user guide and technical description for Helium, an ANT based build framework used to build S60 based products. |
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This documentation describes how to configure and use the Helium build framework from the point of view of an IDO integrator, |
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a build manager, a helium contributor and subcon user. |
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Helium contains all you need in order to create a work area, a build area, perform the compilation, link, create localised |
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variants, submit build information to Diamonds (used for statistical analysis), create Data Packages, |
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zip the files to create a release and much more. The aim is for helium to be used by every build and release team working on |
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S60 products within Nokia. It is also used by some Subcons as part of the tool set given to them to allow subcons to build parts |
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of the S60 code. |
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Before you start reading about Helium it is very advisable that you are familiar with ANT_ and how it works so |
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click on this `ANT link`_ if you are not familiar with ANT_. |
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.. _ANT link: http://ant.apache.org/ |
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.. _ANT: http://ant.apache.org/ |
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Ant makes great use of XML_ files for its configuration so if you are unfamiliar with XML_ files it is recommended that you read the |
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information at the XML_ link. |
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There are various parts of this documentation that are only of interest to certain users (in particular the Helium integrator), |
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be separate contents lists for the different users, but for the time being this is not possible, so bare with us. |
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single: Vision |
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The Helium vision is to fulfill the following demands: |
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* A "common unified toolset". |
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* Easy to use and configure for all different builds. |
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* Fully automated builds. |
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* Verbose and clear messages. |
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* Light. |
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* Simple things should be easy to do, complex things should be possible. |
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Helium was developed from a need to reduce "reinventing the wheel" for build tools. It was based on the mc_tools project which had the same goal within the former MC organization. |
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Helium is fundamentally based on Apache ANT_. Why was ANT_ chosen when there were many other similar frameworks inside Nokia, |
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such as sbt, isis_build and TrombiBuild. The main reason is that while the other toolkits were developed inside Nokia, |
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ANT_ is an open source tool from Apache, based on relatively simple XML_ files that define the build steps. |
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Through leveraging the power of open source Helium has integrated a large amount of functionality that would have taken |
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much longer to develop in-house, as well as benefit from existing, high-quality documentation. |
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