Russel Winder <rus...@winder.org.uk> 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 management tool to say "we are not going to do this". > Unlike the comment "Show us it working and we'll think about it" which > is positive, "write a proposal document" is, to a software project, > management speak that means "we will put up barriers to avoid any > change".
Not at all. It's a reaction to seeing previous projects broken by people who want to change to shiny new tool of the month, resulting in losing the ability to cross build. What I asked for is a page, maybe 2, so that shiny-new-tool proponents will realize that there is more to a build system than working for their use case. In the particular case I'm referring, the shiny things that replaced autotools was scons, and it's still causing problems, even years later.
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