[Adobe-source-devel] Question about building ASL

[Robert D. <rcd...@gm...>]

Hey guys,
First of all I just want to say that I'm currently in the process of writing
a Python 3.0 script that will download and build ASL and all of its
dependencies. There are 2 reasons why I am doing this. First, this is a
great learning experience for me and will allow me to learn about how ASL is
built. Secondly, there is no true portable solution to automating the build
and installation of ASL (There is a batch file for windows and shell script
for linux, but this is a maintenance burden and still not portable enough).

Before I get started too deep into this, I want to make sure that the
documentation for building ASL is up-to-date and fully and accurately
explains how to build ASL. If there are any instructions that are out of
date and incorrect, please let me know. Second of all, I need to make sure
that I can use TBB without any patches. I've already verified that I can use
Boost without patching it. I am very opposed to patching third party
libraries for the sake of ASL.

Help is appreciated. Thank you.