Re: would it be time to replace scons with meson build system?

[Michael J. Tubby B.Sc. MIET]

    Irrespective of "its very slow", wouldn't the obvious contender for
    a replacement be "automake" ?

On 04/02/2020 20:59, Claus Klein via wrote:

> I try only want to understand why scons is still used?
>
> IMHO, it is very slow.
>
> I prefer ninja, meson use nina, I use cmake with ninja and ccache, that is realy fast!
>
> It is your time you have to wait for the build.
>
> Thanks for feedback.
>
> // Regards
> Claus
>
> see too https://electric-cloud.com/blog/a-second-look-at-scons-performance/
>
> > Am 04.02.2020 um 21:00 schrieb Gary E. Miller <address@hidden>:
> >
> > Yo Claus!
> >
> > Uh, what are you trying to prove here?
> >       
>
>

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