On Thu, 6 Sep 2012 08:34:38 +0200, Michael Haberler wrote:
> ...
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> LinuxCNC isnt the only project in this situation; some are developing
> cmake build instructions in parallel while leaving the existing
> autoconf stuff in place until the new way stabilizes.
I've had a lot of problems in the pas
I have experience with it, it's just another case of let's reiinvent
the build system, I do not wish to air my opinion of it publicly,
since I would be sued for defamation
What's wrong with autoconf & friends ? They are cross platform, have
few dependencies and can do everything
Anyh
Fair enough. I thought the current discussion concerned moving away
from autoconf and friends. Personally I have a lot more experience and
comfort with autoconf, automake, and libtools. Some people hate them,
and the whole jam thing is a lot more portable (at least from my
experience). So I
On Thu, Sep 6, 2012 at 7:17 AM, EBo wrote:
> Fair enough. I thought the current discussion concerned moving away
> from autoconf and friends. Personally I have a lot more experience and
> comfort with autoconf, automake, and libtools.
>
I do too, at least they tell you what is going on and you
Am 06.09.2012 um 13:17 schrieb EBo:
> Fair enough. I thought the current discussion concerned moving away
> from autoconf and friends. Personally I have a lot more experience and
> comfort with autoconf, automake, and libtools. Some people hate them,
> and the whole jam thing is a lot more
On Sep 6, 2012, at 12:53 , Michael Haberler wrote:
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> Am 06.09.2012 um 13:17 schrieb EBo:
>
>> Fair enough. I thought the current discussion concerned moving away
>> from autoconf and friends. Personally I have a lot more experience and
>> comfort with autoconf, automake, and libtools. Som
On 9/6/2012 2:53 PM, Michael Haberler wrote:
> A different issue with autoconf is that writing working feature test macros
> is outright pathetic, and IMO the folks who came up with the idea of using m4
> for this purpose should be summarily shot. But then this isnt all that
> frequent so one ca
On Thu, Sep 06, 2012 at 01:05:34PM +0200, Lars Segerlund wrote:
> I have experience with it, it's just another case of let's reiinvent
> the build system, I do not wish to air my opinion of it publicly,
> since I would be sued for defamation
+1 here, jam is awful
> What's wrong with autoco