On 2016-11-19 08:55, Greg Troxel wrote:
> In the particular case I'm referring, the shiny things that replaced
> autotools was scons, and it's still causing problems, even years later.
Can you share some more details? What build/host/target triple? C, C++
or some other language? Executable or
> On Sat, Nov 19, 2016 at 08:44:13AM +, Russel Winder wrote:
>On Wed, 2016-11-16 at 14:58 -0500, Roger wrote:
>> I have used AutoTools for my or others' projects as well in the past,
>> and find??
>> AutoTools quite stable, albeit sometimes cryptic to configure at
>> times.
>>
>> I've tried ed
Russel Winder writes:
>> Before adopting a new build system, I'd like to see written
>> requirements
>> for the build system, specifically including portability and cross
>> building, and to see an analysis of how there will be no regressions.
>
> This is a clear management tool to say "we are n
On Wed, 2016-11-16 at 14:58 -0500, Roger wrote:
> I have used AutoTools for my or others' projects as well in the past,
> and find
> AutoTools quite stable, albeit sometimes cryptic to configure at
> times.
>
> I've tried educating myself with CMake, but found only low-level
> documentation
> pa
On Wed, 2016-11-16 at 07:43 -0500, Greg Troxel wrote:
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> I have never heard of Meson before. Certainly I may not be paying
> enough attention, but it's hard to believe it is mainstream yet.
GStreamer for one is looking to replace Autotools with Meson.
> While CMake is now reasonably common,
On Thu, 2016-11-17 at 07:53 +0100, Klaus Ethgen wrote:
> […]
>
> I see no need currently to even think about a new build tool.
> Autoconf/automake serves what it is used for and it does it good. It
> would take many work to change to other one.
>
> From the fact that the man power is very limited
On Wed, 2016-11-16 at 12:39 -0800, Ian Zimmerman wrote:
>
[…]
> I've never heard of mezon; if looking for a buildtool in python, why
> not
> scons? I've used scons and I liked it the best of any build tools.
I have actually been known to work on SCons from time to time over the
last decade, and
