On 2006-06-15, Alex Riesen <fork0@xxxxxxxxxxx> 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. FWIW, I like Boost and use it every day. I hate bjam. > Git already has enough external dependencies (crypto, Python, Perl, > bash, gmake), why create another one? > > 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) Well, since Python is already a dependency, why not use a build system that has Python as its scripting/extension language? It's also quite small, and it's called SCons. I found it rather easy to learn when I was having a quick look around at alternative build systems. Just a thought. phil -- change name before "@" to "phil" for email - : send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html