Nils Gillmann <n...@n0.is> writes: >> I'm looking into switching gnurl to bmake + mk-config. I've already got the >> tools on my side. >> Do you want me to continue the native autotools support for Guix in gnurl, >> derived from curl? Or would it be okay to switch guix over to bmake + >> mk-config if it works out for gnurl? >> >> I'm asking because I could manage to support 2 build-system, it just would >> be a bit unconvenient for me. > > Correction: I noticed this will make building gnurl unpleasant on guix side. > I would have to introduce the bmake + mk + the bootstrapping of bmake without > make in the build system I'm currently working on.. in Guix, which is > something > I'm pretty sure will not be taken into master. > > Alternative: a simple bmake using the gnu-build-system (and therefore > depending > on make deeper down the graph) would be accepted I guess?
What is the purpose of swapping out the build system? I thought gnurl is not supposed to be a project in its own right, so making gratuitous changes to the build system seems like it wouldn’t be in scope. It also sounds like it would *add* dependencies purely for another build system, even though a perfectly adequate build system already exists. -- Ricardo
