From: Lothar Scholz <mailinglists@...>
Date: 2005-06-05T19:28:06+09:00
Subject: Re: Package, a future replacement for setup.rb and mkmf.rb

Hello dave,



>> I started to wonder if Ruby's install
>> scripts are state of the art, what could be done better and how.

d> clap, clap.
d> this is wonderfull: we need it.


>> Basically, you create a file, setup.py

d> I can suggest you to look at scons (http://www.scons.org)


d> A great thing would be to replace: 
d>   - configure make and make install

d> As said on this mailing list to rake author you could:

Sorry but the "autoconf", "automake" and "libtools" are the worst
things i've ever seen in building libraries. I don't think we should
not write even one line to support these 15 year old c library problem
workaround tool.

Use ANSI-C and platform _IF_MY_SYSTEM_ specific precompiler conditions.
If this can't solve your problem change your code or use another
library or restrict the platforms on which your extensions runs.


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