Re: build systems

["Ali Sabil" <ali sabil gmail com>]

On Nov 9, 2007 8:01 PM, Richard Hughes <hughsient gmail com> wrote:
> On Fri, 2007-11-09 at 18:38 +0000, BJörn Lindqvist wrote:
> > I created an initially simple configuration system for SCons and wrote
> > SConstruct files for building Richard Hughes gnome-power-manager. It
> > turned out to be a pretty good exercise because g-p-m has many
> > optional dependencies, such as DPMS and doxygen. Using SCons to
> > configure, compile and install was at least five times as fast as
> > using autotools.
>
> I'm currently adding a waf build system to PackageKit as a proof of
> concept. We've got 90% of the functionality coded in about 3 hours, and
> I'm no python hacker. waf just blows the socks off autotools.
>
> Richard.
>

I have usd waf quite a lot, it basically just blows off autotools,
anyway, I am afraid the whole discussion will become pointless, as
long as people criticize things without even giving them a try, just
for the sake of criticizing... This reminds me the Distributed SCM
mailing list thread ...

My 2c.

--
Ali