-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Miguel Sousa Filipe wrote: > Hi all! > > On Fri, Jun 13, 2008 at 9:09 PM, Jeff Mahoney <jeffm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> This patch converts the btrfs-progs build system from a single Makefile >> to the autotools suite. >> >> The advantages are: >> Easier construction of Makefiles >> Easier to breakout the source into separate directories for easier management >> Easier to build shared libraries automatically >> Automatic checking for optional libraries, like libext2fs for btrfs-convert >> Automatic infrastructure for installing and testing >> >> The caveats are: >> Opinions on autotools are... mixed. >> make C=1 no longer works, but is replaced by make check. > > Please make this optional.. > I would really prefer the simple makefile that it has now.. > If the proposed advantages are a wanted feature, I would gladly try to > supply patches for the makefile to support them.. > Just to keep it away from autotool hell. Yeah, the one-time 10 seconds of ./configure can be annoying while it sanity checks your system, but how is a 70-line Makefile better than a 5-line Makefile.am? While it does essentially the same thing? Infrastructure exists for a reason. I'm not a huge fan of autotools either. It's heavy and annoying at times. It can be inflexible as I rediscovered while trying to make C=1 work. On the other hand, I'm not so much of a purist that I want to commit anyone who touches the code to understanding a maze of Makefile(s) either. This is the next generation file system for Linux. The reality is that there is competition from other OSes. How is it a bad thing to make things easier for potential developers to access the code? Initially there may be a number of shy folks who just want a library they can work with. Yes, the library will change as things progress. Making things like extending it and installing it easier can only be a good thing. - -Jeff - -- Jeff Mahoney SUSE Labs -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with SUSE - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkhTVY4ACgkQLPWxlyuTD7Iz/wCfRxoHAxGZbSk6aPgrO5IRjtpZ TxoAnih5zTXfgq6QLUrNtQwJkG4I4e1G =flaT -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-btrfs" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
