On Sun, Sep 25, 2011 at 03:12:14AM +0100, Graham Percival wrote: > On Sat, Sep 24, 2011 at 10:41:05PM -0300, Han-Wen Nienhuys wrote: > > You sound spoiled.
On second thought, I really *am* spoiled: I don't want to even notice the build system. I view it in the same way I view food: a waste of time that's unfortunately necessary for survival. I mean, food is a pain. You need to leave the house/university to buy it, you need to carry it home, you need to cook (or otherwise prepare) it, then eat it, then wash the dishes, and occasionally empty the garbage depending on what you were preparing. Now, with frozen lazagna the cooking+washing isn't so bad (since you can eat it out the dish; you only need to wash one fork). But if you eat nothing but microwaved food, you get sick. Trust me, I've tried. Life would be so much easier if/when they have some kind of grey mush that provides all nutrients you need! That's what I want from a build system. I want a grey mush that just works. No problems, no confusion, no work required to maintain it. I want to spend time improving documentation or fixing bugs in graphical output or adding new features! Unfortunately that's not possible, so I'm hoping for the next best thing: to have a build system which requires the least amount of work, while still providing the most robust environment with the least amount of confusion for developers. Now, I suppose that since I have such hostility for build systems, I really shouldn't be involved in discussing them -- I should leave it up to people who enjoy dealing with their crap. Unfortunately, just like the kitchen garbage in my shared apartment, if I don't clean up the garbage from time to time, nobody else does. Cheers, - Graham _______________________________________________ lilypond-devel mailing list lilypond-devel@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-devel
