Re: [scons-devel] auto-configuration plans

I don't have a lot of info on this, but to me what Bram is suggesting seems 
like a really good idea.  Abstract the "good parts" of SConf so it can be 
used by more than one system, then that will get more eyeballs and more 
people contributing tests to it.  The tests just need to be abstracted so 
they take a set of variables and produce some results -- it's all python, so 
seems like it should be pretty easy to write an API for it.  Maybe it has to 
be at a pretty low level in order to fit into both aap and scons (and a 
possible standalone tool), but it definitely seems worthwhile to me.  The 
only downside would be if it sucked energy away from other needed things 
without producing good results.  But it sounds to me like both projects 
would stand to benefit.

-- Gary Oberbrunner



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