Hello, Ralf! Ralf Hemmecke <hemme...@gmail.com> writes:
>> For the reasons Robert Bradshaw mentioned, I don't think the AutoTools >> SEP makes a lot of sense for Sage. > > Robert also added > > "Automake would add another level of complexity to the build process, in > particular one which is not understood by many in the community." > > to http://wiki.sagemath.org/AutoToolsSEP. > > How many people understand Sage's build process? Would be interesting to > have a poll on that. > > An ordinary developer would never have to deal with automake/autoconf. > He/she would not even have the need to install autotools on their > computer. (Although it is not a big deal to install them with newer > linux distributions.) This is common delusion. Unfortunatly, you'll find that you need some understanding how autotools work (let alone having them installed) pretty soon after you start working with software. There's alternative way when you do something similar yourself, sure, but then you need some acquaintance with autotools just not to repeat its mistakes. Good joke on what we do: http://xkcd.com/754/ -- HE CE3OH... -- To post to this group, send an email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to sage-devel+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel URL: http://www.sagemath.org
