[A-A-P-develop] Re: [scons-devel] auto-configuration plans
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From: Gary O. <ga...@ge...> - 2003-08-05 15:46:14
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I don't have a lot of info on this, but to me what Bram is suggesting seems like a really good idea. Abstract the "good parts" of SConf so it can be used by more than one system, then that will get more eyeballs and more people contributing tests to it. The tests just need to be abstracted so they take a set of variables and produce some results -- it's all python, so seems like it should be pretty easy to write an API for it. Maybe it has to be at a pretty low level in order to fit into both aap and scons (and a possible standalone tool), but it definitely seems worthwhile to me. The only downside would be if it sucked energy away from other needed things without producing good results. But it sounds to me like both projects would stand to benefit. -- Gary Oberbrunner |