Interested in (optional, default to off) support for using system-version of dependencies?

[traversaro]

Hello @triter3 , first of all thanks a lot for working on this library.

I am interested in adding a package for this library in conda-forge (a community maintained distribution of software and libraries for Windows/macOS/Linux), mainly as it is a dependency of https://github.com/google-deepmind/mujoco . For doing so, I need to do develop the following modification:

• Add optional support for getting dependencies that are already available in the system (optional in the sense that the default way of getting dependencies will remain the existing one)
• Add support for installing the library in the system

I can easily do the modification on my own and maintain them as patches, but I wanted to understand if you are interested in accepting this change in the repo. If yes, I can submit them as PRs. If you are not interested in this changes, no problem, I can maintain them as local patches.

Thanks a lot in advance!

[triter3]

Hi @traversaro, thanks to you for using the library. I'm interested in integrating the modifications you are proposing. It will be an excellent feature to have.

[traversaro]

Hi @traversaro, thanks to you for using the library. I'm interested in integrating the modifications you are proposing. It will be an excellent feature to have.

Hello @triter3, a first batch of modifications are proposed in #9 .

[keszegrobert]

Are there any changes on the way or can I open my own issue for the other changes?
install.patch

[traversaro]

I did not prepared any further information PR, feel free to suggest it yourself, thanks!