On Thu, Jun 15, 2006 at 03:31:46PM +0200, Alex Riesen wrote:
> Yann Dirson, Thu, Jun 15, 2006 09:24:50 +0200:
> > Since there are many people objecting to autotools, what about using
> > Jam instead ? It has the advantage of being designed to be
> > cross-platform, and should have all the features we would need for *git.
>
> Except that it is not readily available everywhere, has unreadable
> and illogical syntax, and lots of unknown assumptions built in.
> We are forced to use that thing at work, and it is mostly hated.
Well, being hated is often the fate of tools for which users got no
training, but are forced to used because of a corporate decision.
That does not necessarily mean the tool is bad in itself.
> If we are about to need a configuration system (and I doubt it), may
> be we should at least select a system small enough to have it always
> in git repo? (yes, as linux kernel configuration system is)
The kernel is a beast that is specific enough to need its own build
system, and does not support that many platforms, IIRC. Wrong
example, if you want my opinion :)
Best regards,
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