Re: gnome developer docs - not sgml

[Jeff Garzik <jgarzik pobox com>]

Aaron Holtzman wrote:
> 
> I have managed to get 0.30 to compile and run on Solaris 2.5. It's not
> easy by any means, but can be done. I'm waiting for my new machine with
> a 24bpp display before I actually start using it though.
> 
> The main problem is tracking down all the libraries, and then getting
> around various broken build systems. I wish they were all autoconfed.

My biggest problem is that I prefer Sun CC greatly over gcc [2.8.x].
The code it produces is scheduled much more nicely, it handles a few
Solaris-specific things related to threads, and in general seems to
produce faster code according to my benchmarks.

I know it a scares some people when non-GNU tools are preferred :)
-- but please take these preferences into account when building GNOME.

Unfortunately, automake requires both GNU make and GNU CC to do
dependencies, which is a big hurdle given my preferences.  We discussed
removing this automake requirement on the automake list a while back;
basically Autoconf needs to have an AC_MAKEDEPEND macro, and then
automake can take it from there.

I plan to work on this problem, but it may be next year before I get to
it, with all the existing projects on my plate.  :)

	Jeff