Re: [OctDev] bug with optim-1.1.0.tar.gz and mac os 10.7.4

[Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso]

On 6 June 2012 11:35, Alexander Hansen <address@hidden> wrote:
> On 6/6/12 5:50 AM, Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso wrote:
>> On 6 June 2012 08:10, Olaf Till <address@hidden> wrote:
>>
>>> On Wed, Jun 06, 2012 at 07:15:57AM -0400, Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso
>>> wrote:
>>
>>>> There's also the issue that we have two mkoctfile programs, one in
>>>> bash and one in C++.
>>>
>>> Is mkoctfile.cc only for use on Windows? Then this specific change
>>> with "-framework" probably would not need to go into it.
>>
>> But then this becomes a maintenance problem down the line. Duplication
>> of code is problematic, moreso when each duplicate intentionally forks
>> off in slightly different directions. I think perhaps we should only
>> keep the C++ version, in the interest of cross-platform maintenance.
>>
>>> Isn't recognizing one more flag (even if only passing it to the
>>> linker, although it seemingly also could passed to the compiler) a
>>> step in the right direction?
>>
>> I'd rather not have a host of weird flags in mkoctfile just because
>> one OS that happens to be currently popular has weird flags (Octave
>> has been around for 20 years, and it may be around for 20 more years).
>> If we're gonna fix this, let's fix this correctly *now*. I know it's a
>> chore, but sooner or later, we're gonna have to do it. It's not gonna
>> be any more pleasant or exciting to do this later than it is to do it
>> now.
>
> What ultimately gets done is up to you folks, of course.

It's not us folks or you folks. We're all "we folks". Whoever first
submits a patch that looks correct wins.

- Jordi G. H.