Dave Barr wrote:
Hi
Is there a reason that we rely on tools such as autoconf? Reducing the
reliance on external tools would help the barrier of entry for newcomers
to PHPDoc. configure is basically a shell script, and as we all know,
PHP does a great job as a shell script replacement. :)
given that the only autoconf macro used (besides option parsing, log
output and variable setting) is AC_PATH_PROG this seems to make sense
while we are on it there is another point that has bothered me for
ages, but never enough to actually do something about it:
IMHO all the entity generating magic should be part of the "make"
step and not be done by "configure". There should only be a need
to run "configure" if one really wants to change the build
configuration, e.g. the language. Right now re-running configure
is also needed whenever the document structure changes (e.g. when
function files are added) which doesn't look right to me ...
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Hartmut Holzgraefe, Senior Support Engineer .
MySQL AB, www.mysql.com
