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List:       gentoo-dev
Subject:    Re: [gentoo-dev] rfc: moving OpenRC to a meson-based build
From:       Maciej Mrozowski <reavertm () gmail ! com>
Date:       2017-02-07 0:22:22
Message-ID: 2425895.ZbzyALpYty () liwardyna
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On poniedziałek, 30 stycznia 2017 14:04:06 CET William Hubbs 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?

I'd recommend to jump a bandwagon and switch to CMake.

Yes, it's ugly in certain areas, has its quirks but whoever switches to it 
ones, never goes back, and not because of technical debt being too big.

Also because I can help with it (and a lot of folks can), while Meson is still 
largely unknown.

-- 
regards
MM
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