On Wed, 19 Jul 2017 14:25:56 +0900 Jean-Philippe André <j...@videolan.org> said:
> Just one comment. > > 2017-07-19 14:01 GMT+09:00 Cedric BAIL <cedric.b...@free.fr>: > > > On Tue, Jul 18, 2017 at 7:57 PM, Carsten Haitzler <ras...@rasterman.com> > > wrote: > > > [...] > > > > > > i think efl is more easily moved than cedric says. it can be done in > > stages. > > > just have the core build work with default + commonly enabled options > > only. > > > forget examples, tests, docs etc. ... THEN add in these bit by bit until > > it is > > > fully featured. > > > > I disagree with this view completely. It will never be finished and we > > won't ever have all our needs addressed. People and most dev will stay > > on autotools and won't ever be moving. It needs to be done in two > > release. First we do side by side feature equivalent and deprecate > > autotools, then for the next release we phase out autotools > > completely. Any other approach will lead to failure in my opinion. > > > > We saw what happened with the dual main Makefile + per directory Makefile. > Even those of us who wanted it the most forgot about it quickly and just > let those Makefiles rot. > > So, yeah. :) no way we maintain 2 build systems long term. there has to be a switch-over where one is built in parallel to the other, once it gets to the point of "works for me" so to speak then switch over as the default and the old one is left for reference and then features added in to it. there is no way it can be done in a day. but i don't think it has to be a fully 100% done with every possible feature all singing and dancing build to get the the point of usability and able to functionally day to day replace autofoo. -- ------------- Codito, ergo sum - "I code, therefore I am" -------------- The Rasterman (Carsten Haitzler) ras...@rasterman.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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
