Re: [scons-devel] auto-configuration plans

Bram Moolenaar said:
> And include the whole of SCons inside Aap?  Not a good idea!  It's like
> getting a whole toolchest when you only need a screwdriver.  I don't
> want to have Aap depend on the whole of SCons.
>
> Suppose Aap would have had the configure features first, would you have
> included the whole of Aap in SCons to access these features?

Despite all past disagreements, I think it would be a great idea to add
compatible configure support to A-A-P.  That way we can share a common
battery of tests.  If you are also going to spend time coding a standalone
configure utility, then go for it.  It is simply my opinion that we
already have that.  I propose that we agree to disagree.  I would be
willing to provide any support you need with the SConf code or its tests
as I had a large part in writting and testing it.

> It's nice that the SCons configure parts are available from a Python
> script.  But it's far from an autoconf replacement.  You would also need
> functions to generate a config.h file and filter Makefile.in to Makefile
> (or generate a file that can be included from Makefile).  And then it's
> still only for people who know Python.

FYI, Autoscons (an extension to SCons, my person project) has all of these
features.

Thank you.
  -- David Snopek

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