Re: Fwd: a build system

On Jun 03 23:18:25, [email protected] wrote:
> On Jun 04 00:10:31, [email protected] wrote:
> > "monstrosity" - could you please elaborate ?
> 
> What's there to elaborate on?
> Meson itself is 26 MB (no, I am not counting the .git dir).
> That's TEN TIMES the size of sox itself.
> Plus it requires python and ninja.
> 
> > Besides that, using Meson you don't have to develop
> > yet another build system.
> 
> The build system I use now is a shell script and a Makefile.
> That's not "another build system", thats two straightforward
> plain text files with NO dependencies on anything.
> 
> > Also, how about projects using Meson build system:
> > https://mesonbuild.com/Users.html ?
> 
> What about them? Do you mean to say that
> if so many projects use it, we should use it?
> (Srsly, are you trolling or what?)

Here is a quick test: write a Meson build for SoX.
(I didn't think so.)