Re: [Vala] A brand new build system

[Robert Ancell <robert ancell gmail com>]

> What kind of website? I presume the project infrastructure, i.e.
> repository, mailing list, bug reporting will be handled off site?

A basic website so you can Google for Bake and find quick answers:
- What it is
- How to install it
- How to use it (i.e. tutorials and HTML versions of the documentation)
- How to contribute (i.e. link brief description of how to hack on it and
link to Launchpad)

Something  more like http://cherokee-project.com/ and less like
http://httpd.apache.org/.

I've no plans to move off Launchpad - it's working well as a development
platform. To check out the software you just need:

$ bzr branch lp:bake
$ cd bake
(make changes)
$ bzr commit
$ bzr push lp:~your-username/bake/your-branch-name

You can do merge proposals from the Launchpad website.

How would you describe the current status of the project and its goals in a
> hundred words? :-)

Bake is currently under development and is usable by those who are happy to
update their recipes between releases.

The goal is for Bake to be a general purpose build system suitable for
small to medium sized projects. It will support popular programming
languages and data files. Bake should be easy to learn, use and debug. Bake
will accessible both from command line and from an IDE. Bake will be fast
enough to not be noticeable.