Agreed. Though I wouldn't mind switching over to SCons. Also: > Pierre-Alexandre St-Jean wrote: > Hi, i've got a suggestion (and is new here). > > Maybe it would be more practical to convert thrift to cmake or scons to > compile git. This would ease compilation on windows (and in general )
I didn't understand this "to compile git". What does that mean? Cheers, -g On Mon, May 17, 2010 at 19:52, David Reiss <dre...@facebook.com> wrote: > Automake and autoconf are only required for Thrift developers. > Users who download the tarball only need a shell and make. > I would not like our users to have to download cmake. > > --David > > Pierre-Alexandre St-Jean wrote: >> It would replace automake,autoconf with cmake. >> >> The required dependency would become : >> >> - thrift >> - cmake >> - boost >> - bison >> - flex >> >> i did not search what libtool is used for maybe it would not be needed >> anymore. >> >> Boost is compatible with msvc (visual studio compiler) mingw/cygwin would >> not be required anymore. >> >> What is complicated for now is all the dependencies of automake / autoconf , >> it requires perl and others. >> -- >> Pierre-Alexandre St-Jean >> >> >> On Mon, May 17, 2010 at 7:18 PM, David Reiss <dre...@facebook.com> wrote: >> >>> What software requirements would this place on users who download >>> the source tarball? >>> >>> --David >>> >>> Pierre-Alexandre St-Jean wrote: >>>> Hi, i've got a suggestion (and is new here). >>>> >>>> Maybe it would be more practical to convert thrift to cmake or scons to >>>> compile git. This would ease compilation on windows (and in general ) >>>> andmaintenance of the project. >>>> >>>> if not, i am starting to look at jira's bugs and will submit patches for >>>> some. I only have to attach the patch to the ticket ? >>>> -- >>>> Pierre-Alexandre St-Jean >
