Sorry for the duplicate message, but I wanted to collect a range of opinions.
I'd like to clean up the RDKit build "system". My goal is to put together something that makes the end user's life simpler, i.e. that doesn't require quite so much manual configuration in order to build and that handles dependencies more automatically. The two options I'm considering are: 1) The various gnu tools (autoconf, libtool, and automake) http://sources.redhat.com/autobook/ 2) Boost.Build http://www.boost.org/doc/html/bbv2.html The gnu tools have the advantage of being "standard" (everyone knows the "./configure; make; make install" dance) and certainly have a large user base, but they are (IMO) somewhat constrained by the fact that, in the end, they're still using makefiles. Boost.Build is more appealing, but it's a bigger shift. It is also somewhat less standard, but it's easily available for every system where the RDKit will run (since the RDKit requires the Boost libs) and doesn't require installation (you only need the bjam executable). Regardless of which option we choose, this isn't going to be particularly fun to do, so I'd like to get it "right" the first time so that the pain doesn't have to be repeated in a year. Anyone have experiences to share, suggestions, or opinions? -greg
