Re: [Libmesh-devel] Still Really Dislike Automake

[Roy S. <roy...@ic...>]

On Thu, 30 Aug 2018, Derek Gaston wrote:

> However, it's obvious that you're both passionate about these... so
> I will relent and agree that whatever build system we come up with
> has to have these features.  Fine.

Thanks.

> Can you agree with me that the current build system adds friction
> for everyone that doesn't use these features?

Yup.  I think adding new files is the worst-case scenario, but there's
flaws (actually, "friction" is the perfect word) in every case.

> I think you guys are so used to how slow and laborious it is that
> you don't even realize how much better it could be.

No, I remember pre-automake libMesh too, and it was certainly better
in some ways, just much worse in some others.  I still think the move
to automake was an improvement but we're definitely not at an optimum.
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Roy