Re: [Geeqie-devel] Build for Geeqie

On 2016-11-19 08:55, Greg Troxel wrote: > In the particular case I'm referring, the shiny things that replaced > autotools was scons, and it's still causing problems, even years later. Can you share some more details? What build/host/target triple? C, C++ or some other language? Executable or

Re: [Geeqie-devel] Build for Geeqie

> On Sat, Nov 19, 2016 at 08:44:13AM +, Russel Winder wrote: >On Wed, 2016-11-16 at 14:58 -0500, Roger wrote: >> I have used AutoTools for my or others' projects as well in the past, >> and find?? >> AutoTools quite stable, albeit sometimes cryptic to configure at >> times. >> >> I've tried

Re: [Geeqie-devel] Build for Geeqie

Russel Winder writes: >> Before adopting a new build system, I'd like to see written >> requirements >> for the build system, specifically including portability and cross >> building, and to see an analysis of how there will be no regressions. > > This is a clear

Re: [Geeqie-devel] Build for Geeqie

On Wed, 2016-11-16 at 07:43 -0500, Greg Troxel wrote: […] > I have never heard of Meson before.  Certainly I may not be paying > enough attention, but it's hard to believe it is mainstream yet. GStreamer for one is looking to replace Autotools with Meson. > While CMake is now reasonably common,

Re: [Geeqie-devel] Build for Geeqie

On Wed, 2016-11-16 at 12:39 -0800, Ian Zimmerman wrote: > […] > I've never heard of mezon; if looking for a buildtool in python, why > not > scons?  I've used scons and I liked it the best of any build tools. I have actually been known to work on SCons from time to time over the last decade, and