On Mon, Oct 03, 2005 at 03:49:25PM -0400, Matt Fowles wrote: > Joshua~ > > On 10/3/05, Joshua Hoblitt via RT <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Matt, > > > > There has been alot of discussion about build systems on #parrot > > recently so I'm CCing p6i. > > > > Is SCons really an option for Parrot? I don't really know much about it > > but since it's implimented in Python, and Python hasn't been ported to > > all the platforms we hope to run on, wouldn't it introduce a serious > > portability issue? > > > > -J > > I brought it up on the list first, and Dan was OK with it because > scons can output a series of commands (like a bat file or batch > script) to build from scratch (no smart dependency checks). This also > provides a way to break the make dependency.
That sounds like a step backwards from autoconf/automake can provide. Granted, everybody agrees that make sucks but I don't see the point SCons. We'd be swapping a dependency on make for one on Python - with what advantage? -J --
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