Ian Romanick [2011-04-18 17:12]: > On 04/18/2011 04:48 PM, tom fogal wrote: > > Hey all, > > > > We recently became more aware of a dependency on python's libxml2 for > > building Mesa. We're not as proactive as we should be, but tend to > > upgrade Mesa every few releases; I think this was a jump from 7.8 to 7.10. > > > > Anyway, libxml2 is a bit arduous for us because it's not installed by > > default on Linux or Mac. On Linux, it's easy to grab via a package > > manager, but still does not exist by default on some distros. In > > general, non-standard dependencies are difficult because they make our > > (already very large) software stack more complex. > > > > Is the package truly needed? I think it's used to parse spec files and > > autogenerate trampolines or callbacks or something like that. Didn't we > > used to have plain text files for that? Any reason we can't go back to > > something simpler? Does code speak loud than words, here? :) > > We haven't used plain-text for years. What has changed is that the > generated files are no longer tracked in source control. They are > generated at compile time because anything else is just nuts. :) I know
What about generating them at 'make dist' time, too...? That way the Python dependency would only hit developers, but not people building from proper release tarballs. Regards, Tilman -- A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing on usenet and in e-mail?
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