Re: GSoC project idea: non-recursive automake project

2011-05-22 Thread Miles Bader
Harlan Stenn st...@ntp.org writes: Larry McVoy once said something like In theory, theory and practice are the same. But in practice, they are not. Maybe he did say that at some point, but it's a hoary old quote (attributed to Yogi Berra, among others), and certainly didn't originate with

Re: GSoC project idea: non-recursive automake project

2011-03-22 Thread Ben Pfaff
Nick Bowler nbow...@elliptictech.com writes: * Modify gnulib so that it can be easily integrated into a non-recursive automake setup. One could look to libltdl for inspiration here. It doesn't have to be modified. An Automake setup can easily and usefully contain a mix of

Re: GSoC project idea: non-recursive automake project

2011-03-22 Thread Nick Bowler
On 2011-03-22 07:36 -0700, Ben Pfaff wrote: Nick Bowler nbow...@elliptictech.com writes: * Modify gnulib so that it can be easily integrated into a non-recursive automake setup. One could look to libltdl for inspiration here. It doesn't have to be modified. An Automake

Re: GSoC project idea: non-recursive automake project

2011-03-22 Thread NightStrike
On Mon, Mar 21, 2011 at 3:09 PM, Nick Bowler nbow...@elliptictech.com wrote:  * Modify gnulib so that it can be easily integrated into a    non-recursive automake setup.  One could look to libltdl for    inspiration here. How about modifying GCC. That should take some time, I think :) :) :)

Re: GSoC project idea: non-recursive automake project

2011-03-21 Thread Roger Leigh
On Mon, Mar 21, 2011 at 11:49:39AM -0400, NightStrike wrote: On Sat, Mar 19, 2011 at 3:45 PM, Harlan Stenn st...@ntp.org wrote: Pippijn wrote: On Fri, Mar 18, 2011 at 05:26:58PM -0700, Harlan Stenn wrote: If there was a student interested in showing how easy it was to use automake to

Re: GSoC project idea: non-recursive automake project

2011-03-21 Thread Nick Bowler
On 2011-03-19 12:07 +0100, Ralf Wildenhues wrote: Maybe such a proposal could be enhanced to avoid having not enough work: [...] This way the student will not get bored. However, it might be harder to define specific goals to achieve, or to define success in the end. I have two suggestions

Re: GSoC project idea: non-recursive automake project

2011-03-21 Thread Steffen Dettmer
On Mon, Mar 21, 2011 at 7:36 PM, Roger Leigh rle...@codelibre.net wrote: Can't automake rewrite the relative paths to be absolute? This would break things, for example when using WINE via wrapper scripts, require fixed srcdir pathes... oki, Steffen

Re: GSoC project idea: non-recursive automake project

2011-03-20 Thread Ralf Wildenhues
Hello Pippijn, * Pippijn van Steenhoven wrote on Sat, Mar 19, 2011 at 10:47:35AM CET: On Sat, Mar 19, 2011 at 10:38:39AM +0100, Pippijn van Steenhoven wrote: On Fri, Mar 18, 2011 at 05:26:58PM -0700, Harlan Stenn wrote: If there was a student interested in showing how easy it was to use

Re: GSoC project idea: non-recursive automake project

2011-03-20 Thread John Calcote
On 03/19/2011 01:45 PM, Harlan Stenn wrote: Pippijn wrote: On Fri, Mar 18, 2011 at 05:26:58PM -0700, Harlan Stenn wrote: If there was a student interested in showing how easy it was to use automake to do non-recursive Makefiles for a project, I'd be willing to co-mentor and work with them to

Re: GSoC project idea: non-recursive automake project

2011-03-19 Thread Ralf Wildenhues
Hi Harlan, * Harlan Stenn wrote on Sat, Mar 19, 2011 at 01:26:58AM CET: If there was a student interested in showing how easy it was to use automake to do non-recursive Makefiles for a project, I'd be willing to co-mentor and work with them to convert NTP to that sort of operation. Thanks for

Re: GSoC project idea: non-recursive automake project

2011-03-19 Thread Pippijn van Steenhoven
On Sat, Mar 19, 2011 at 10:38:39AM +0100, Pippijn van Steenhoven wrote: On Fri, Mar 18, 2011 at 05:26:58PM -0700, Harlan Stenn wrote: If there was a student interested in showing how easy it was to use automake to do non-recursive Makefiles for a project, I'd be willing to co-mentor and

Re: GSoC project idea: non-recursive automake project

2011-03-19 Thread Pippijn van Steenhoven
On Fri, Mar 18, 2011 at 05:26:58PM -0700, Harlan Stenn wrote: If there was a student interested in showing how easy it was to use automake to do non-recursive Makefiles for a project, I'd be willing to co-mentor and work with them to convert NTP to that sort of operation. It's mostly trivial.

Re: GSoC project idea: non-recursive automake project

2011-03-19 Thread Pippijn van Steenhoven
On Sat, Mar 19, 2011 at 10:38:39AM +0100, Pippijn van Steenhoven wrote: On Fri, Mar 18, 2011 at 05:26:58PM -0700, Harlan Stenn wrote: If there was a student interested in showing how easy it was to use automake to do non-recursive Makefiles for a project, I'd be willing to co-mentor and

Re: GSoC project idea: non-recursive automake project

2011-03-19 Thread Harlan Stenn
Hi Ralf, Ralf wrote: * Harlan Stenn wrote on Sat, Mar 19, 2011 at 01:26:58AM CET: If there was a student interested in showing how easy it was to use automake to do non-recursive Makefiles for a project, I'd be willing to co-mentor and work with them to convert NTP to that sort of

Re: GSoC project idea: non-recursive automake project

2011-03-19 Thread Harlan Stenn
Pippijn wrote: On Fri, Mar 18, 2011 at 05:26:58PM -0700, Harlan Stenn wrote: If there was a student interested in showing how easy it was to use automake to do non-recursive Makefiles for a project, I'd be willing to co-mentor and work with them to convert NTP to that sort of operation.

Re: GSoC project idea: non-recursive automake project

2011-03-19 Thread Harlan Stenn
Pippijn wrote: On Sat, Mar 19, 2011 at 10:38:39AM +0100, Pippijn van Steenhoven wrote: On Fri, Mar 18, 2011 at 05:26:58PM -0700, Harlan Stenn wrote: If there was a student interested in showing how easy it was to use automake to do non-recursive Makefiles for a project, I'd be willing to

GSoC project idea: non-recursive automake project

2011-03-18 Thread Harlan Stenn
If there was a student interested in showing how easy it was to use automake to do non-recursive Makefiles for a project, I'd be willing to co-mentor and work with them to convert NTP to that sort of operation. -- Harlan Stenn st...@ntp.org http://ntpforum.isc.org - be a member!