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List:       gentoo-dev
Subject:    Re: [gentoo-dev] rfc: moving OpenRC to a meson-based build
From:       Kristian Fiskerstrand <k_f () gentoo ! org>
Date:       2017-02-03 9:32:30
Message-ID: 975e0bf1-0e3b-b9b8-8cf4-2ec930710982 () gentoo ! org
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On 02/03/2017 10:10 AM, Benda Xu wrote:
> William Hubbs <williamh@gentoo.org> writes:
> 
>> 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?
> 
> I would discourage it.  Making OpenRC build-depend on python introduces
> unnecessary complexity that will undermine the portability of OpenRC
> sooner or later.
> 
> After all OpenRC is a small program easy to build with a hand-written
> Makefile.
> 
> Parallel make issues?  No problem let's just solve it.
> 
> 
> Please, keep it simple.

I'm adding my support to this sentiment


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