Re: [Opencxx-users] OpenC++ Core Lib - MANIFESTO

[Stefan S. <se...@sy...>]

Yann Dirson wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 01, 2004 at 10:40:46PM -0400, Stefan Seefeld wrote:
> 
>>I anticipate to move to scons (http://www.scons.org) in the not-so-distant
>>future. That will simplify matters even further, especially concerning
>>portability.
> 
> 
> I don't know what scons is up to, but it seems to require python.

indeed. Is that practically a problem for you ?

> That would add a quite big build-dependency.  OTOH, Jam

Well, I was talking for Synopsis. As Synopsis provides scripting access
to OpenC++ I'm already depending on python. I don't think this is an issue
for anybody wanting to use Synopsis / OpenC++. Please convince me from
the contrary.

> (http://www.perforce.com/jam/jam.html) is a very powerful portable
> replacement for make+automake as well, and does not have any large
> dependencies.  You may want to have a look at it (if you don't already
> know about it, that is ;)

Yes, I know about it. In fact, I'm watching the boost build system which
is based on a modified version of jam ('bjam'). The boost developers,
and notably David Abrahams, are considering to switch to scons these days...

Regards,
		Stefan