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List:       gentoo-dev
Subject:    Re: [gentoo-dev] rfc: moving OpenRC to a meson-based build
From:       Matt Turner <mattst88 () gentoo ! org>
Date:       2017-01-31 20:21:57
Message-ID: CAEdQ38G5h01VkJa9GdUdHV7KX9cyBmKX2e0ky=YLA=S-4CCF+g () mail ! gmail ! com
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On Mon, Jan 30, 2017 at 12:04 PM, William Hubbs <williamh@gentoo.org> wrote:
> All,
>
> I have been looking at the meson build system [1] [2], and I like what I
> see.
>
> I have opened an issue on OpenRC's github wrt migrating OpenRC to the
> meson build system [3].
>
> As I said on the bug, the downside is the addition of py3 and ninja as
> build time dependencies, but I think the upside (a build system where
> we don't have to worry about parallel make issues or portability)
> outweighs that.
>
> What do folks think here?

This seems like a bad idea, for most of the reasons given by @skarnet.

The additional build-time dependencies are bad for such a small and
core project. And for what? Faster build times? OpenRC builds in less
than 4 seconds on my system.

You claimed parallel make check is broken, citing [1], but that
actually occurs with -j1 as well, making me question whether you've
investigated the bug at all.

Cart before the horse...

[1] https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=374191

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