Maybe. I haven't used BinDeps, so I'm not that familiar with it. After looking at it some, there are parallels given that both provide a declarative way to manage dependencies. It's not a foreseeable need for me, though.
On Thu, Mar 10, 2016 at 11:15 PM, Jameson <[email protected]> wrote: > Could this be used to replace BinDeps? I note that you mention that was > your primary target, but I'm curious whether you think it would be feasible? > > > > On Monday, March 7, 2016 at 8:11:30 PM UTC-5, tshort wrote: >> >> The following package is now registered. >> >> https://github.com/tshort/Maker.jl >> >> This package helps manage actions and account for dependencies. It's like >> *make* or Ruby's Rake, but targeted at data processing and analysis >> rather than building code. Maker provides methods for defining tasks and >> dependencies between tasks. >> >> My target use case is to define several tasks and dependencies, and run >> `make()` to perform the analysis. Then if input files change or I change >> part of the code, run `make()` again, and Maker will re-run only the parts >> that have changed. >> >> Maker was derived from Mike Nolta's Jake.jl. The syntax and API are >> similar to Rake. Comments welcome. >> >>
