2017-02-03 10:52 GMT+01:00 Lars Wendler <polynomia...@gentoo.org>: > On Fri, 3 Feb 2017 10:32:30 +0100 Kristian Fiskerstrand wrote: > > >On 02/03/2017 10:10 AM, Benda Xu wrote: > >> William Hubbs <willi...@gentoo.org> writes: > >> > >>> I have been looking at the meson build system [1] [2], and I like > >>> what I see. > >>> > >>> I have opened an issue on OpenRC's github wrt migrating OpenRC to > >>> the meson build system [3]. > >>> > >>> As I said on the bug, the downside is the addition of py3 and ninja > >>> as build time dependencies, but I think the upside (a build system > >>> where we don't have to worry about parallel make issues or > >>> portability) outweighs that. > >>> > >>> What do folks think here? > >> > >> I would discourage it. Making OpenRC build-depend on python > >> introduces unnecessary complexity that will undermine the > >> portability of OpenRC sooner or later. > >> > >> After all OpenRC is a small program easy to build with a hand-written > >> Makefile. > >> > >> Parallel make issues? No problem let's just solve it. > >> > >> > >> Please, keep it simple. > > > >I'm adding my support to this sentiment > > > > > > +1 > > -- > Lars Wendler > Gentoo package maintainer > GPG: 21CC CF02 4586 0A07 ED93 9F68 498F E765 960E 9B39 > > Attention! New gpg key! See > https://www.gentoofan.org/blog/index.php?/archives/9-New-gpg-keys.html >
Replay @ random using gmail webmail interface; May be worth mentioning that also other distro like Alpine Linux uses openrc, they can be interested
