Re: SCons

Andrew Suffield wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 30, 2004 at 02:34:10AM -0500, Matthew A. Nicholson wrote:
> 
>>I was wondering if you all ever considered SCons (www.scons.org) as a build 
>>system.  I am willing to conver y-windows over.
> 
> 
> Nasty python goo, immature and unimpressive. It doesn't do anything
> that automake doesn't, but it does do it slower, with more
> dependencies, and with less features.
> 
> Besides which we already have a perfectly functional build system.
> 

You old hat's should have a more open mind, I don't mean to come here and make a 
big issue of this (even thought it looks like I have), but don't knock it until 
you try it.  Scons does plenty make and automake and autoconf can't do, precicly 
why Id used it for the linux bulid of Doom 3.  And many will admin autotools is 
not a perfectly functional build system.

In addition, I could write SConscrips for y-windows and build with scons, and 
you could still keep your autotools stuff and build with that.  The two can 
co-exist.

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Matthew A. Nicholson
Matt-land.com