On 02.08.2017 00:10, Ori Bernstein wrote:
On Sun, 23 Jul 2017 23:29:04 +0300
ochern <dexa...@gmail.com> wrote:

Unfortunately as more complex becomes configuration part the more perverted
and unreadable it will look when done using make, at the same time it will
keep nice look in pure shell variant.  Yet a lower part, rules part, will
not change for both variants.

Yes, that's the general problem with configuration. The challenge of simple
software is finding ways to reduce the number of configuration knobs, instead
of adding more and more complex systems to deal with the interactions of all
the parts.

Maybe have a look at the kernel's build system.

In case someone's looking for a challenge, implement that in mozilla ;-)


--mtx

Reply via email to