I'm on it. Currently building pkgconf and will do some further build tests
before i'll release it to repository.

2016-08-23 15:02 GMT+02:00 Alexander Stefanov-Khryukin <[email protected]
>:

> +1 for this
>
> 2016-08-23 15:40 GMT+03:00 Bernhard Rosenkraenzer <[email protected]>:
>
>> On 2016-08-23 14:25, Tomasz Gajc wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>>>
>>> looks like it is a good time to switch to pkgconf and replace ancient
>>> pkg-config, right ?
>>>
>>
>>
>> Right, now would be the perfect time... We should definitely do it.
>>
>> What are the benefits ? Barely none for luser :) In theory it should have
>>> a positive impact on building packages, by building better optimized chain
>>> of dependecies when linking i.e.
>>>
>>> pkg-conf: $ldflags -lbar -lfoo pkgconf: $ldlags -lfoo
>>>
>>> why only -lfoo, because pkgconf is smart enough and knows that -lfoo is
>>> linked with -lbar already.
>>>
>>
>> Also:
>> * more actively developed - it's been years since anything changed in
>> pkg-config
>> * exports its functionality as a library - easier to embed in something
>> else (cmake?)
>> * no dependency on yucky glib
>>
>> ttyl
>> bero
>>
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