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Cross language but not cross platform -- no windows support, and none planned.
Noted. https://github.com/qznc/annoying-build-systems#please
There are other projects that use the bitbake build system, not just OpenEmbedded and the Yocto Project.
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Noted. https://github.com/qznc/annoying-build-systems#please
Based on its lack of entry, am I to understand that Nix is the way to go?
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> Relevant: http://www.rojtberg.net/1481/do-not-use-meson/ Meson is fantastic.
Except it’s a build system for C/C++ that brings in a dependency on the entire Python kitchen sink just to build a 10kb otherwise dependency-free binary.
The binary it produces is still dependency free.
Is there a problem with cmake? Why are people still inventing new build systems?
cmake cons (IMHO): - the archaic custom scripting language (that's its main problem) - there are many ways to do the same thing, resulting in each (non-trivial) build script looking different - for the above reason, importing dependencies written by somebody else is non-trivial, and its often better to rewrite the cmake scripts completely - it lacks some 'integration features' found in more modern systems like Rust's…
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No runtime dependency on the JVM is huge.
Why?
this looks very interesting! Has anyone used it before?
I agree with this guy. It shouldn't be that hard to include an example of an advanced script.
https://www.gnu.org/software/make/manual/make.html#toc-Compl...
I'd say meson is the most direct competitor. They don't mention it in the FAQ though. http://mesonbuild.com/
So it isn't general purpose?
I Googled to find the repository of a build system I wanted to mention and stumbled upon something else that I found interesting; https://shakebuild.com/ > Shake is a library for writing build systems. Most large projects have a custom-written build system, and developers working on the project are likely to run the build system many times a day, spending a noticeable amount of time waiting for the build system. This…
Cross language but not cross platform -- no windows support, and none planned.
Noted. https://github.com/qznc/annoying-build-systems#please
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Except it’s a build system for C/C++ that brings in a dependency on the entire Python kitchen sink just to build a 10kb otherwise dependency-free binary.
The systems that I use it for all have Python installed by default, so really it's just: 'pip install meson', which takes all of a few seconds to run. The binary it produces is still dependency free.
Distributing binaries outside of package managers is a) a rarity in the Linux world, and b) not in keeping with the open source philosophy. Requiring end users to have python so they can compile a c/c++ application will never make sense for a large portion of the user base build systems target.