Re: [cameleon-dev] Findlib and beyond...

[Alan Schmitt]

* Jérôme Marant (address@hidden) wrote:
> Quoting Alan Schmitt <address@hidden>:
> 
> > * Jérôme Marant (address@hidden) wrote:
> > > Quoting Sylvain LE GALL <address@hidden>:
> > > 
> > > > Hello,
> > > > 
> > > > Since 4 days, i am working on a new master.Makefile.in and the
> > > > adaptation of cameleon to findlib...
> > > 
> > > Please don't. Findlib sucks so much. Having to create META files
> > > is just stupid ...
> > 
> > I must say that I find myself convinced by this compelling argument.
> 
> Ah! I knew it didn't need any further explaination! It is self-explainatory,
> isn't it?
> 
> > Just kidding, of course. Findlib rulez ;-)
> 
> I'm not convinced by this compelling argument :-)
> 

;-)

> It don't like the format of META files, and this is why I've never
> found myself willing to make effort to look further ...

Findlib is one proposal to make library management easier. It has one 
huge advantage: it is implemented, and a few libraries use it (we use it 
a lot here at Penn for unison / xtatic / harmony development). It is 
also a library, so if you want more information to be supportd in META 
files, you can write a tool that supports it.

I'd be definitely willing to test (and maybe use) other tools, but I do 
not know of any. It might not be perfect, but for me it's definitely 
better than nothing.

Alan

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