[PD-dev] autotools for pd-devel

[Hans-Christoph Steiner]

This is where we discuss it.  As for outdated docs, its just a matter  
of someone updating them.  Which ones in particular are you tlaking  
about?

As for scons, I believe that IOhannes was expressing annoyance at scons.

.hc

On Mar 27, 2009, at 2:00 PM, Mike McGonagle wrote:

> Hans,
>
> Didn't I read last week that Iohannes was planning to convert
> everything over to Scons? I mean, it all seems very confusing, with
> the transition from CVS over to SVN, with almost none of the old info
> removed from the website, and having to hunt for what is there for
> SVN, it is hard to know what the state of the build system is, or how
> to even set things up to be included.
>
> Is there some public place where people are discussing what is
> actually happening? Has someone taken to updating the website with
> what info is current and accurate?
>
> I mean, don't get me wrong, it is wonderful that people are doing
> these things, but with different things happening with different
> people, no one seems to be on the same page.
>
> Mike
>
> On Fri, Mar 27, 2009 at 7:48 AM, Hans-Christoph Steiner  
> <hans at eds.org> wrote:
>>
>> Hey all,
>>
>> I had to do jury duty on Wednesday, and they had free wifi while we  
>> waited,
>> so for some reason that inspired me to try writing a complete  
>> autotools
>> build system for Pd-devel.  It builds Pd now, but there are some  
>> issues with
>> the sound APIs that need to be sorted out.
>>
>> I would appreciate feedback from anyone who is interested.  After  
>> this
>> experience, I am thinking that autotools are weird, but not so  
>> bad.  I think
>> that we should use them for the whole build system.
>>
>> .hc
>>
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