Re: would it be time to replace scons with meson build system?

[Gary E. Miller]

Yo Bernd!

On Sun, 8 Mar 2020 22:52:03 +0100
Bernd Zeimetz <address@hidden> wrote:

> On 2/8/20 3:06 AM, Gary E. Miller wrote:
> 
> > I suggest you read the requirements again:
> >     http://esr.ibiblio.org/?p=8581  
> 
> These requirements are impossible to fulfill, and especially that "one
> stage only" requirement is just bullshit.

And yet, scons seems to fulfill it in a passable manner.

> If people would read and follow the documentation instead of having
> their own stupid ideas on how to play tricks on a build system, even
> autotools and friends would have been better than this unbearable
> thing called scons.

scons seems pretty bearable to me.  After reading and following the doc.

> - and as long as you follow the documentation and don't play stupid
> tricks (again) with the build system, building gpsd will be absolutely
> easy for those who have to.

Yup, just as it is now.

Compare that to all the people that have tried to create makefiles for
gpsd and failed totally.

RGDS
GARY
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