On Wed, Mar 9, 2016 at 7:56 AM, David Burns <dbu...@mozilla.com> wrote:
> > we started working on > replacing the Autoconf configure script. We are planning to replace the old > shell and m4 code with sandboxed python, which will allow us to have > improved performance (especially on Windows), parallel configure checks, > better caching, and improved maintainability. > Speaking to the last point as someone who is not a build system peer but nonetheless ends up mucking about with the build system a moderate amount: - the (ongoing) conversion from Makefile.in files to (sandboxed Python) moz.build files has made those files *much* easier to understand and modify; - converting configure.in to sandboxed Python code should have similar benefits. Good stuff. Nick _______________________________________________ dev-platform mailing list dev-platform@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-platform
