On 04-04-2012 05:09, Joseph Rushton Wakeling wrote:
On 03/04/12 04:04, Alex Rønne Petersen wrote:
On 03-04-2012 01:19, Joseph Rushton Wakeling wrote:
On 03/04/12 00:48, Alex Rønne Petersen wrote:
The Waf meta build system has good support for both GDC and LDC.
I'm reluctant to use Waf due to the issues described here ... :-(
http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2010/02/msg00714.html
Which ones in particular? Debian lacking a system-level Waf doesn't
seem like a
huge issue to me.
You could also see:
http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2012/02/msg00207.html
Put simply, for me it's not about whether Debian has a package or not; I
don't want to use a build system that is rejected by one of the largest
and most important FOSS distros out there. I'm also worried by the
deliberate efforts to stymie Debian's packaging work -- it's important
to me that my dependencies play nice with the rest of the FOSS ecosystem.
What went wrong here is that the Debian guys tried to package something
as a system-level package when it isn't supposed to be. I don't really
see anything wrong in the Waf dev trying to prevent this; not doing so
is letting Debian shoot itself in the foot, only to come back to Waf
later and complain, when they were already warned.
So, I just think you should reevaluate what you're basing your decision
on here. :)
I should add that I'm not just looking for a build script -- I'm looking
for something that does the equivalent of the full Autotools setup, i.e.
checking for dependencies, customizing the build script to the
individual user environment etc.
(Not sure if you know, but Waf can do all of those.)
--
- Alex
