At 02:08 PM 7/8/2005, Branko Äibej wrote: >Mladen Turk wrote: >> >>Yes, but why? >>What does a gen-build.py offers that can not be accomplished >>without its usage? > >Go back and count the times someone had added a file and forgot to update the >windows or netware build scripts. Then count the number of people who are >actually capable of doing that. I think the gain will be obvious at that point.
I don't think anyone, Mladen or I or someone else is arguing that Win32/Netware should not be -generated-. The question is, with what? What's the most portable solution that works on the widest range of machines without a whole lot of hassles for the administrator? Don't get me wrong, I am a python convert. But I sure as hell am not going to install it on virgin HP/UX, AIX, etc for nightly snapshot tests until we are certain it's the best solution. They are clean for a reason; the replicate a 'joe user's' initial install. sed and awk are everywhere; some flavor of perl is most everywhere, while python is a recent addition to this stew. Of course, it's already installed on all my Win32 boxes :) Bill
