On Nov 9, 2007 8:01 PM, Richard Hughes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, 2007-11-09 at 18:38 +0000, BJörn Lindqvist wrote: > > I created an initially simple configuration system for SCons and wrote > > SConstruct files for building Richard Hughes gnome-power-manager. It > > turned out to be a pretty good exercise because g-p-m has many > > optional dependencies, such as DPMS and doxygen. Using SCons to > > configure, compile and install was at least five times as fast as > > using autotools. > > I'm currently adding a waf build system to PackageKit as a proof of > concept. We've got 90% of the functionality coded in about 3 hours, and > I'm no python hacker. waf just blows the socks off autotools. > > Richard. >
I have usd waf quite a lot, it basically just blows off autotools, anyway, I am afraid the whole discussion will become pointless, as long as people criticize things without even giving them a try, just for the sake of criticizing... This reminds me the Distributed SCM mailing list thread ... My 2c. -- Ali _______________________________________________ desktop-devel-list mailing list desktop-devel-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/desktop-devel-list