Re: [xml] Python as a way to unify libxml2 test on Windows and Unix

[Daniel Veillard <veillard redhat com>]

On Sat, May 08, 2004 at 02:44:57PM +0200, Bjorn Reese wrote:
> If a dependency on Python is acceptable, then you could also consider
> replacing the Unix-specific autoconf with the cross-platform SCons tool:
>
>   http://www.scons.org/
>
> Disclaimer: I have no practical experience with SCons.

  Ahum, the dependancy would be just for "make tests" not for building.

> >   This sounds like the right idea to unify the tests, the only problem
> > would be platforms where UNIX make and shell like tools are available
> > but where Python is not available.
>
> That is also my biggest concern.

  well, would "make test" work on such platform currently, I doubt it,
 it would be partial at best since it already requires python.

Daniel

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