Re: [Scons-dev] SCons doesn't bootstrap without libxml2

2014-02-19 Thread Dirk Bächle
On 19.02.2014 06:15, Bill Deegan wrote: Anatoly, bootstrap.py is not meant to be run by users, only developers. -Bill I'd even go one step further and say: it's primarily meant to be run by release managers. It's okay if you take on this role for yourself as a developer while you're

[Scons-dev] Re Install information update[was Re: SCons doesn't bootstrap without libxml2]

2014-02-19 Thread Russel Winder
On Tue, 2014-02-18 at 23:19 +0300, anatoly techtonik wrote: […] My opinion is that by adding additional dependencies to run the SCons without errors from a fresh checkout we are significantly increasing contribution barrier and discouraging people from participating. I agree that this might

Re: [Scons-dev] SCons doesn't bootstrap without libxml2

2014-02-19 Thread anatoly techtonik
On Wed, Feb 19, 2014 at 8:15 AM, Bill Deegan b...@baddogconsulting.com wrote: Anatoly, bootstrap.py is not meant to be run by users, only developers. I believe there is a terminology confusion. User is anybody who uses SCons. Developer is anybody with commit right to the SCons repository.

Re: [Scons-dev] SCons doesn't bootstrap without libxml2

2014-02-19 Thread Russel Winder
On Wed, 2014-02-19 at 16:44 +, Managan, Rob wrote: […] You can execute the local SCons directly from the src/ subdirectory by first setting the SCONS_LIB_DIR environment variable to the local src/engine subdirectory, and then executing the local src/script/scons.py script to populate the

Re: [Scons-dev] SCons doesn't bootstrap without libxml2

2014-02-19 Thread Dirk Bächle
On 19.02.2014 18:07, Bill Deegan wrote: Might I suggest we stop discussing it and just propose pull requests. If you have a specific change in mind, then make it and send a pull request. Yup, I'm all for it. @Anatoly: the commits that introduced the new doc toolchain are 8ca01af:0c9c8af