On 29 April 2012 18:11, Mike Frysinger <vap...@gentoo.org> wrote: > the canonical pkg-config is getting fat. it requires glib-2. it runs pkg- > config when building. glib-2 requires pkg-config. whee. > > for our normal systems, this isn't a big deal. but we'd like to enable a > lighter alternative for embedded/alternative systems. as such, i'd like to > introduce a virtual/pkgconfig that allows for selection of simpler (but > compatible) implementations. > > we've got an implementation in perl (i'm not interested in), but there is also > "pkg-config-lite" and "pkgconf". they should be compatible with the canonical > pkg-config. they aren't yet in the tree, but will be once we agree on this > topic. > > any comments ? > -mike
I'd just like to say, i'm also an Atheme project member and I have authorisation from nenolod (the primary pkgconf developer) to make changes and stuff, so I can upstream any changes necessary to make pkgconf work for us.
