Re: [Vala] A brand new build system

[Craig <weberc2 gmail com>]

Personally, I don't see why we need a system that works for every instance.
Let's build something that works for 99% of cases and the 1% can use cmake
or autotools. Also, there are other languages that bind to C and C++
without convoluted build systems. It's a solved problem. :)
On May 16, 2014 9:26 AM, "Calvin Walton" <calvin walton kepstin ca> wrote:

> On Fri, 2014-05-16 at 10:23 -0400, Calvin Walton wrote:
> > On the other hand, maybe you could take some inspiration from how
> > 'valac' works, and instead of creating the entire build system, just
> > build a preprocessor that generates an Autotools setup and project
> > layout for you. Who knows if that could work?
>
> I of course failed to see Max's post before replying, but apparently
> this does work! Albeit using CMake rather than Autotools.
>
> --
> Calvin Walton <calvin walton kepstin ca>
>
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