-- Pierre-Alexandre St-Jean
On Mon, May 17, 2010 at 7:54 PM, Greg Stein <gst...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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? > error from me sorry this is a typo > 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 > > >
