From: Hugh Sasse Staff Elec Eng <hgs@...>
Date: 2002-01-16T23:08:03+09:00
Subject: Re: Swig Ruby documentation mods, and mkmf module

On Wed, 16 Jan 2002, Luigi Ballabio wrote:

> At 12:30 PM 1/16/02 +0000, Hugh Sasse Staff Elec Eng wrote:
> >I think mkmf needs some method for adding target, dependencies, actions
> >to the makefile.  I'm not sure who to contact about this, and I'm
> >not sure how to integrate it into the makefile creation process, so that
> >your new targets end up as dependencies in rules mkmf already writes.
>
> Were we on the Python mailing list, someone would now show up and say:
> "Use the source, Luke" :)

Yes, I have done, but "I'm not sure how to" means: I don't have enough
depth of understanding of the code to do this yet.  Given the usual time
constraints I raise it in case those who do deeply understand the code
consider this useful and trivial for them.

>
> >I think such a method would be part of a good refactoring for this package.
>
> I agree. Might be a good topic for starting a new thread.

Hence the addition to the subject line...
>
> Bye,
>          Luigi
>
>
	Hugh