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On Fri, Feb 6, 2009 at 8:50 AM, Evert Glebbeek <eglebbk@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> No, it doesn't. Having one build system that works everywhere makes
> sense and is less likely to break one of them.
> Maintaining two build systems for a code base that is in flux is not a
> good idea from a maintenance point of view, as the example of the
> Scons build falling so far behind that it no longer works and is
> (temporarily?) dropped should illustrate.
>
My opinion is that there should only be a single build system,
regardless if people volunteer to maintain another one. If there is
only a single build system, then that will always be kept up-to-date
because obviously it must for the library to be built.
--
Matthew Leverton