I'm still here -- just working 24/7 at my day job -- soon I"ll be back to SConsing.... I think it's important that bootstrap.py be useful to run scons directly out of its repo checkout. I use it like that. Haven't been following the discussion closely but breaking that would not make me happy.
On Sun, Jul 14, 2013 at 7:20 PM, Russel Winder <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sun, 2013-07-14 at 10:40 +0200, Dirk Bächle wrote: > […] > > This seems to work well for you, so stick to it. > > :-) > > […] > > This appears to work well for me (it has other advantages), so I'll > > stick to it. ;) > > :-)) > > > The role of bootstrap.py is probably defined quite well, so I don't see > > a need to discuss it at the moment. All I wanted to offer is the simple > > scripts that I use to start SCons directly, such that we could replace > > the misleading instructions in the REAME.rst by a pointer to the files. > > Fixing the text, as Rob suggested, would be another option of course. > > Sadly we cannot ignore the fact that the behaviour of bootstrap.py has > recently changed and is now broken for those who used it as a bootstrap > to use SCons from their repository checkout. > > We need to revert the change or apply one of the known fixes. Currently > there is no action, just talk :-( > > -- > Russel. > > ============================================================================= > Dr Russel Winder t: +44 20 7585 2200 voip: > sip:[email protected] > 41 Buckmaster Road m: +44 7770 465 077 xmpp: [email protected] > London SW11 1EN, UK w: www.russel.org.uk skype: russel_winder > > _______________________________________________ > Scons-dev mailing list > [email protected] > http://two.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/scons-dev > > -- Gary
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