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List:       gentoo-dev
Subject:    Re: [gentoo-dev] rfc: moving OpenRC to a meson-based build
From:       Lars Wendler <polynomial-c () gentoo ! org>
Date:       2017-02-03 9:52:59
Message-ID: 20170203105259.0797fdad () abudhabi ! paradoxon ! rec
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On Fri, 3 Feb 2017 10:32:30 +0100 Kristian Fiskerstrand wrote:

>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
>
>

+1

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