Re: Building extension modules

[Asko Kauppi <asko.kauppi@...>]

The point I had in mind was, is it really that necessary to standardize 
the module build system.  I guess this is a question about Gentoo vs. 
Debian way of doing things, that is, should everything be "from source" 
or are "prebuilt binaries" a good thing.  If prebuilt binaries, then 
I'd see the whole make standardization issue reduce in value.  Please 
prove me wrong.

To me, the author builds the stuff, and module users would download 
prebuilt binaries (+ Lua wrappers etc.). Standardizing the 
installation/configuration issues, and making them interdistributional 
:) would be task enough.

-ak

ps.
If this msg was lacking focus, that's becouse my kid was sitting on my 
lap.  Never post to a mailing list unless you're alone.. ;P   
(greetings from them!)

11.12.2004 kello 15:21, Klaus Ripke kirjoitti:

 Hi
> On Friday 10 December 2004 22:55, Asko Kauppi wrote:
> > Thanks for a very thorough analysis, but what exactly was the
> > problem..?  ;P
> d'accord
>
> From ol' xmkmf up to Java's ant disaster, I see gross failures
> due to misconceptions and lack of a clear, limited objective
> (which is very un-lua :). Make's limitations are not a bug.
>
> Given simple editable files with a set of variables,
> "make config", "make menuconfig" or even "make guessconfig"
> might be nice goodies for a quick start,
> but no build must anyhow rely on such toolies.
>
>
> cheers