Re: Build system/GCC questions

From: williamkempf_at_[hidden]
Date: 2001-06-08 08:54:33

--- In boost_at_y..., jk_at_s... wrote:
> 6 Jun 2001 19:29:49 +0400 David Abrahams ÎÁÐÉÓÁÌ:
> >Have you bothered to read my previous response to your suggestion
> >http://groups.yahoo.com/group/boost/message/12558 where I 
mentioned that the
> >boost membership rejected a requirement that anything as heavy-
duty as
> >Python be installed for our build?
> 
> But I'd rather install "heavy-duty" (and useful otherwise) thing 
like Python
> than totally useless *for me* Jam (because I'm using GNU make). In 
both cases
> I must to install something (well, Python is already installed :).
> 
> (I'm not criticizing your work.)

The problem is, Python is a *heavy* installation, where as Jam is 
small.  In fact, on my system after bootstrapping the total space 
requirement for using Jam is only 140 KB.  I can justify installation 
of such a tool for building libraries.  It's much harder to justify 
installing Python, which takes a lot of space, for automating builds 
only (i.e. if I had other reasons for using Python it would be more 
justifiable... but most users don't have other reasons).

I know the Python users think this is the best approach to take, but 
I'm sorry, I just can't agree.  This has been debated, and Python 
lost, so let's move on and stop beating the dead horse.

Bill Kempf