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Paul Joseph Davis commented on COUCHDB-1012: -------------------------------------------- Looks pretty good. I would probably try and avoid the double replace that we use in other places since we don't really need it. > Utility to help plugin developers manage paths > ---------------------------------------------- > > Key: COUCHDB-1012 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/COUCHDB-1012 > Project: CouchDB > Issue Type: New Feature > Components: Build System > Reporter: Randall Leeds > Attachments: 0001-support-pkg-config-for-plugins-COUCHDB-1012.patch > > > Developers may want to write plugins (like GeoCouch) for CouchDB. Many hooks > in the configuration system allow loading arbitrary Erlang modules to handle > various internal tasks, but currently there is no straightforward and > portable way for developers of these plugins to discover the location of the > CouchDB library files. > Two options that have been proposed are to use pkg-config or install a > separate script that could be invoked (e.g. as couch-config --erl-libs) to > discover important CouchDB installation paths. > As far as I know the loudest argument against pkg-config is lack of support > for Windows. -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. - You can reply to this email to add a comment to the issue online.