On 2018-01-30 13:19, Erik Bray wrote:
I think the resulting Makefile, and its template, are easier to understand for one.
This is unfortunately the part where I disagree and it is also the reason why I am against the current patch. The resulting Makefile uses some macro constructions which make it hard to understand: the Makefile does not contain the actual rules for building the packages, only macros. Most of the time, this might be fine. But when some obscure bug in the build system comes around, not seeing the actual rules nor being able to edit them is going to make things difficult.
I can imagine that there are things to be improved in the way how the Makefile is generated. So I'm not against improvements or changes in general. But I am against changes which make the resulting Makefile harder to understand.
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