dead code in build.sh?

[Adrian Bunk]

On Tue, Sep 21, 2010 at 11:32:26AM -0600, Matt Dew wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 21, 2010 at 8:20 AM, Adrian Bunk <bunk at stusta.de> wrote:
> > On Tue, Sep 21, 2010 at 07:40:19AM -0600, Matt Dew wrote:
> >> On Mon, Sep 20, 2010 at 12:01 PM, Keith Packard <keithp at keithp.com> wrote:
> >> > On Mon, 20 Sep 2010 11:17:51 -0600, Matt Dew <matt at osource.org> wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> Would I be burned in effigy if I asked about:
> >> >
> >> > Yes.
> >>
> >> Sweet.  bring on the pitchforks.
> >> >
> >> >> 1) just moving the build system away from autotools to cmake
> >> >
> >> > cmake isn't nearly as flexible as autotools, and requires that cmake be
> >> > present on the build system to build tarballs. Plus, it doesn't reduce
> >> > the steps needed to build the system, just (purports) to make the
> >> > maintenance of the build system easier.
> >>
> >> Is all that flexibility needed?  Does it get used?  every package
> >> checks for  things like 'size_t supported...yes'  and 'max length of
> >> gcc command line parameters....65535'.   Are these things still
> >> needed?
> >> Anyone used cmake,  can you comment on this one?
> >>...
> >
> > That's not a new discussion, and it's leading nowhere.
> 
> It looks like a new discussion to me. I've not seen this topic on the
> ML anywhere. If it's there, please point me in that direction.

I'm not sure about this mailing list, but in the open source world it is 
a common discussion.

> > Many people don't love the autotools, but:
> > - they do work and
> > - switching to anything else would be a lot of work and
> > - some posts on a mailing list will not change anything.
> 
> 
> >
> > Open Source Software development does *not* work as follows:
> > - Hundreds of developers are just waiting to hear your great ideas
> >  and are glad to implement them.
> >
> > Open Source Software development does work as follows:
> > - *You* create patches for the switch to cmake (or whatever you like).
> > - *You* submit your patches and tell what great advantages they bring.
> > - *You* address problems with them raised by other people.
> > - Your patches get applied.
> 
> Perhaps worded poorly...
> I'm not looking for others to do the work.  If anyone wants to great,
> but it's not expected and is not the point of this question.   The
> purpose is to see if anyone has already looked into this and if they
> have what did they come up with.   Besides, I've got enough work on my
> hands with the documentation.

Despite opposite claims, autotools are doing a good job at their task.

Any switch of the build system would be a huge amount of work, and when 
Mikhail asked you about the benefits of switching to cmake you didn't
even bother to answer.

> Matt

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Adrian

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