On Monday, 19 June 2017 at 13:38:52 UTC, Russel Winder wrote:
On Mon, 2017-06-19 at 09:53 +0000, Vladimir Panteleev via
Digitalmars-d wrote:
[…]
If you can present a replacement build infrastructure for D
which satisfies our needs and shows dramatic, measurable
improvements, I (and other contributors, I don't doubt) will
help push it through.
[…]
So if I do a Reggae and/or Meson build for DMD, is there the
possibility that it will be added to the repository against
Walters express wishes?
DMD is insufficient, and is not the hardest makefile to port. Any
serious proposal would need to cover all core repositories - dmd,
druntime, phobos, tools, and dlang.org. We would need to evaluate
any proposals thoroughly, and it will likely involve a trial
period during which both will be maintained in parallel before
any switch-over occurs.
If we can draw strong conclusions of considerable benefits for
the replacement, then I think we should be able to reach an
agreement.
However, be warned: our makefiles are pretty darn tangled. This
is very likely more than a weekend project.
