On 2011-12-07 20:56, Jens Mueller wrote:
I'm unsure whether D needs its own configuration/build tool. It
definitely needs a package manager.
For building there are different options but usually it's make. Most
people (at least for sure on Unix variants) are using it. I think Scons
does both building and configuring. Just want to say that you can have
different tools for these jobs or single one.
Jacob's build tool looks good but I wonder what are the major
improvements over e.g. make (portability is an issue with make; maybe
simplicity).
Makefiles are a horrible thing of this world.
For configuring there are some options and so far none of them is
preferred by a majority. Different people weigh different aspects
differently. But it seems people are moving away from configure scripts.
As Russell already said, several build/configuration tools are used and
there is no clear winner in general. So I think it's very nice that you
have added support for D to premake. So we then have SCons (build and
configuration), CMake (configuration and several build tools via
generators), rdmd (can generate dependencies for Makefile), Jacob as a
build tool and there are several others specifically for D and premake.
I'm not sure about the state of each of these. But SCons and CMake work
with dmd (both do configuration). premake is also configuration.
Regarding build tools I wonder how important they are. make works fairly
well.
Jens
I want a simple portable build tool. DSSS was/is a good tool, but it's
not maintained anymore. It had some problems but I like it in general.
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/Jacob Carlborg
