On Tue, Jan 17, 2017 at 1:10 AM, Carsten Haitzler <ras...@rasterman.com> wrote: > On Sun, 15 Jan 2017 19:54:37 -0700 Michael Jennings <m...@eterm.org> said: > >> > Let the bikeshedding begin! :) >> >> Well, since you asked.... ;-) >> >> Bill Joy (creator of "vi") once said, "Vi was created for a world that >> no longer exists." I think it's safe to say that the same is true of >> autotools. Most commercial UNIX flavors are dead, or may as well be, >> at least for E's purposes. Plus, FreeBSD offers Linux compatibility, >> and the most-used devices are mobile/embedded now anyway. The days >> for which autoconf and libtool were created are past us. > > correct. that's one major justification for "the value autotools once provides > no longer is enough to justify it's downsides". :) > >> I think Git proves that Kconfig can be both powerful and portable in >> the modern age, so I tend to recommend it nowadays. CMake is also a >> solid option. I tend to advise against the custom home-grown shell >> script since it's going to involve a lot of wheel re-invention, and >> Kconfig/CMake will almost certainly out-perform it...but it will still >> beat auto*/libtool. > > realistically though... we need very little re-invented. we need:
look at the configure script of ffmpeg. You could copy-paste a lot of useful things. Vincent ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, SlashDot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ enlightenment-devel mailing list enlightenment-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-devel
