Build system (was Re: Future of KDE Development)

[George Staikos]

On Friday 18 February 2005 18:32, Guillaume Laurent wrote:
> On Friday 18 February 2005 23:47, Dirk Mueller wrote:
> > if the build system actually provides full scripting flexibility, then
> > people will make use of it. the result is probably a mostly
> > unmaintainable build system.
>
> Come on. Don't you think we've all got better things to do than hack over a
> build system ? Did you see anybody even suggesting something along the
> lines of "wow, think of all we could do with a real scripting language" ?
> Everybody wants a simpler build system that just won't stand in their way,
> nothing more.
>
> Such doom-oriented prophecies always prove false. The same were said about
> KDE and C++ when it started. "C++ is too complex, booo, they'll have
> unmaintanable code booooo".

  Funny, I thought the exact opposite back then.

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