Re Build system requirements [ was Re: Prototype buildsystem "Drake" ]

[Jacob Carlborg]

On 2011-07-14 08:48, Russel Winder wrote:
> On Wed, 2011-07-13 at 20:32 +0200, Jacob Carlborg wrote:
> [ . . . ]
>> I think that one of the problem with these language independent build
>> tools is that they don't make it as easy as it could, because they
>> usually don't know enough about a given language.
>
> This is generally due to incomplete support in the tools, this is not a
> problem with general build frameworks per se.  In systems such as Waf
> and SCons, the framework provides facilities for creating tools and for
> those tools to build DAGs that then get "resolved" in the second phase
> of activity.  The language specific tool does things as a first phase of
> activity -- i.e. building the DAG.  The tools should realize all the
> language specific things that that languages users needs and/or the
> language expects.  Anything that is not handled is a problem that should
> be fixed by the tool maintainer.

Ok, I see, but it sounds complicated. And I basically give all my hope 
to the tool maintainer to be willing to merge/implement the necessary 
functionality/changes that the tool need to support D.

-- 
/Jacob Carlborg