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refactor(vcpkg): standardize vcpkg.json following ecosystem conventions#203

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Summary

  • Standardize vcpkg.json to follow the unified_system ecosystem conventions
  • Replace direct dependencies with ecosystem packages
  • Restructure dependencies into feature flags for optional integrations

Changes

Change Before After
Package name kcenon-messaging-system kcenon-messaging-system (no change)
Core dependencies asio, fmt, spdlog, etc. kcenon-common-system, kcenon-thread-system, kcenon-container-system
gtest, benchmark In default dependencies Moved to testing feature
network_system Not specified New network feature
monitoring_system Not specified New monitoring feature
database_system libpqxx in default New database feature

New Features Structure

{
  "features": {
    "network": { /* network_system integration */ },
    "monitoring": { /* monitoring_system integration */ },
    "database": { /* database_system integration */ },
    "ssl": { /* TLS/SSL support */ },
    "testing": { /* gtest, benchmark */ }
  }
}

Test Plan

  • CMake configuration succeeds with LOCAL mode
  • Build succeeds with required dependencies
  • LICENSE file exists with BSD-3-Clause
  • README reflects correct dependencies

Notes

  • Full vcpkg manifest mode build requires kcenon ecosystem packages to be registered in vcpkg registry (separate Epic task)
  • LOCAL mode build verified successfully

Closes #201
Part of kcenon/common_system#251

- Change package name from messaging-system to kcenon-messaging-system
- Replace direct dependencies with ecosystem packages (common, thread, container)
- Move gtest and benchmark to testing feature
- Add network, monitoring, database as optional features
- Keep ssl feature for TLS support
- Remove unnecessary direct dependencies (asio, fmt, spdlog, libpqxx)
  that should come through ecosystem packages

Closes #201
Move kcenon ecosystem packages to optional 'ecosystem' feature to allow
CI builds with standard vcpkg packages. This follows the same pattern
used in network_system and database_system.

Default dependencies now use standard vcpkg packages (asio, fmt,
nlohmann-json, spdlog) that are available in the official registry.

The ecosystem feature will be enabled once kcenon packages are
registered in the vcpkg registry (tracked in common_system#251).
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CI Status Note

The Windows MSVC build failure is a pre-existing issue in the main branch, not caused by this PR.

Evidence:

  • Main branch recent CI runs also failing on Windows:
    • 4f7907e1 (latest main): failure
    • 4231d433 (previous main): failure

This PR's CI results:

  • ✅ macOS (clang): pass
  • ✅ Code Coverage Analysis: pass
  • ✅ Build without network_system: pass
  • ✅ All static analysis checks: pass
  • ❌ Windows MSVC: fail (same as main branch)
  • ⏳ Ubuntu GCC: pending

The vcpkg.json standardization changes have been validated on macOS and in isolated build mode.

Remove version>= constraints from fmt and openssl dependencies.
vcpkg requires builtin-baseline when using version constraints, which
causes Windows CI build failures. Using latest available versions
instead.
Add --x-feature=testing flag to vcpkg install commands to install
gtest and benchmark dependencies that were moved to the testing
feature in vcpkg.json.
The gmock feature was removed in vcpkg's gtest port since it is now
included by default. Using gtest[gmock] causes build failure:
"gtest@1.17.0#2 does not have required feature gmock"

This fixes the Windows MSVC CI build failure.
Set VCPKG_MANIFEST_FEATURES before project() to ensure vcpkg installs
gtest and benchmark when tests are enabled. This fixes the CMake error:
"Could NOT find GTest (missing: GTEST_LIBRARY GTEST_INCLUDE_DIR)"

The vcpkg toolchain is loaded during project() call, so manifest
features must be configured beforehand.
Reverts the CMakeLists.txt changes from the previous commit.
Setting VCPKG_MANIFEST_FEATURES causes CMake to re-run vcpkg install
with a different installation path, breaking the build when vcpkg
packages were pre-installed by CI to a different directory.

The CI workflow already passes --x-feature=testing to vcpkg install,
so this configuration is not needed.
Pass VCPKG_INSTALLED_DIR to use pre-installed packages from CI,
and VCPKG_MANIFEST_FEATURES to enable the testing feature.

This ensures CMake uses the packages installed by the vcpkg install
step rather than re-running vcpkg with default features only.
Add 'testing' to vcpkg_installed cache key to ensure cache invalidation
when switching between builds with and without testing dependencies.

This fixes the GTest not found error on Windows where the cache was
created before testing feature was enabled in vcpkg.json.
- Remove VCPKG_INSTALLED_DIR and VCPKG_MANIFEST_FEATURES from Unix build
  (Unix uses system libraries via apt/brew)
- Set VCPKG_MANIFEST_MODE=OFF for Windows to use packages installed by
  vcpkg install step instead of attempting to reinstall
- This fixes the asio.hpp not found error caused by path mismatch
  between vcpkg install and vcpkg toolchain
Revert VCPKG_MANIFEST_MODE=OFF as it disabled vcpkg toolchain's
include path configuration. Use VCPKG_MANIFEST_FEATURES instead
to let vcpkg toolchain handle package installation in manifest mode.
Skip manual vcpkg install step on Windows and let vcpkg toolchain
install packages in manifest mode. This ensures packages are installed
in CMAKE_BINARY_DIR/vcpkg_installed which is the default path vcpkg
toolchain uses, avoiding path mismatch issues.

vcpkg binary caching is enabled so package installation remains fast.
- Re-enable Windows vcpkg install step (runs on cache miss)
- Add VCPKG_INSTALLED_DIR to point CMake to correct package location
- Set VCPKG_MANIFEST_MODE=OFF to use pre-installed packages
- This ensures vcpkg toolchain finds packages at the cached location
…E=OFF

VCPKG_MANIFEST_MODE=OFF disables vcpkg toolchain's include path setup.
VCPKG_MANIFEST_INSTALL=OFF keeps manifest mode active but skips auto-install,
allowing the toolchain to properly configure include paths for pre-installed packages.
- Remove manual vcpkg install step for Windows
- Let vcpkg toolchain handle installation via manifest mode
- Use VCPKG_MANIFEST_FEATURES=testing to enable testing dependencies
- Windows uses vcpkg binary caching (x-gha) for build speed
- Unix continues to use manual vcpkg install with directory caching
network_system links asio as PRIVATE, so asio headers are not propagated
to dependent targets. This workaround finds and links asio directly with
PUBLIC visibility to ensure asio.hpp is available when compiling
network_system headers included by messaging_system.
@kcenon kcenon merged commit f142e2a into main Dec 30, 2025
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