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Re: GUB - Cannot Build Perl
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David Kastrup |
Subject: |
Re: GUB - Cannot Build Perl |
Date: |
Thu, 06 Dec 2018 12:19:59 +0100 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.0.50 (gnu/linux) |
Jahrme Risner <address@hidden> writes:
> Hello all,
>
> tl;dr: I cannot get Perl to build in GUB.
>
> I have been lurking on the list for a while as a user looking to become a
> contributor. The first contribution I have been looking to make is to help
> produce a 64-bit release of LilyPond for macOS. GUB currently has 'darwin-ppc'
> and 'darwin-x86' as supported platforms but does not include a 'darwin-64'
> platform. I have included some information at the bottom of my email on why I
> feel adding a 64-bit release is important.
In return, retiring the ppc version seems reasonable.
> It is my understanding that there are large-scale issues/concerns with
> GUB in terms of maintainability and reproducibility, so I understand
> if my issues with GUB are not a priority.
It's more like we have nobody really working on it regularly.
> If there is anything I can do to assist in getting a different
> (hopefully better) build-system working to produce releases please let
> me know.
For assistance to be of use, there would have to be a main worker. I
don't think that it's likely we are going to easily find someone
creating and maintaining something doing a better job than GUB both with
the actual work and with regard to someone being able to keep it going.
--
David Kastrup