mm0fmf <n...@mailinator.com>: > On 22/08/2014 18:16, Marko Rauhamaa wrote: >> SCons gives you the power of Python. Don't use that >> power except in utmost need. > > Ah, you've seen our build system at work!
Where I've used SCons, I've striven to make the SConscript files obvious to a casual visitor, who might not even know Python. Adding one more file in the right spot should be possible just from the looks of the SConscript file. A SConscript file should *not* involve programming, even if it means some redundancy. Don't create libraries. Don't create your own rules. Keep it simple, keep it plain. A colleague had to deal with a different SCons setup that had reached self-awareness. It knew what needed to be built without specific instructions before you, the developer, knew it yourself. The developers no longer had any idea how it worked nor did they dream of touching the code. Not a good place to be. Marko -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
