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List:       gentoo-dev
Subject:    Re: [gentoo-dev] rfc: moving OpenRC to a meson-based build
From:       Tobias Klausmann <klausman () gentoo ! org>
Date:       2017-02-01 10:54:41
Message-ID: 20170201105441.GA91246 () skade ! schwarzvogel ! de
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Hi! 

On Mon, 30 Jan 2017, William Hubbs wrote:
> 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?

Meson isn't even keyworded anywhere but amd64 and x86 and I
couldn't find an indication that they care about off-mainstream
architectures at all. Yes, it's written in Python as such is more
portable than if it were written in C or somesuch, but for a
build system, the arch it runs on and targets are more important
than for most other programs.

As others have pointed out, the gains are not quite as obvious as
the potential downsides are.

Just my 2 Rappen,
Tobias

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