Abdelrazak Younes wrote: > Bo Peng a écrit : >> You know what? when I first think of getting away from m4, I am >> looking for something based on python. Python is way easier to work >> with. >> >> And then, from this freshmeat article, >> http://freshmeat.net/articles/view/889/ , I find >> http://freshmeat.net/projects/scons/ . I have not looked at it but if >> it is based on python, I think I can learn it quickly.... >> >> It is just that I like python so much. :-) > Scons looks as useful and portable as CMake so I'd say it will be clear > improvement over autotools :-) > Note though that the KDE project had a dual build system for a while > (Scons and Cmake) and they finally opted for Cmake because: > 1) it was simpler (take a look at a typical CMakeList.txt) > 2) it was faster > 3) KDE devels had to implement a lot of feature on top of Scons but > Scons developers weren't interested in them so that was a fork. > 4) CMake developers were very helpful and added a lot of support for Qt, > MacOSX and Windows for KDE needs (I am sure they would help with the > port reading a bit their mail archive) > 5) last but not least, Scons is stuck to python 1.5 or something. >
Huh? What do you mean 'stuck to python 1.5?'? I use it with python-2.4.2.
