[Zope3-dev] Re: [Checkins] SVN: zc.resourcelibrary/trunk/ A basic makefile, the ZPL and copyright headers.

[Florian Lindner]

Am Donnerstag, 15. Juni 2006 04:23 schrieb Benji York:
> Brian Sutherland wrote:
> > Log message for revision 68639:
> >   A basic makefile, the ZPL and copyright headers.
>
> Is there consensus about adding makefiles like this (diff below)?  I
> personally don't like the idea, but I wanted to bring it up to the list.
>
> I don't like them for a couple of reasons. First, they're make files;
> that's an automatic strike :).  Second, they're not useful
> cross-platform; if what they're doing is important, then they should be
> Python scripts, if not, then they shouldn't exist.  Third, /I/ don't
> value what they're doing for me.
>
> Other opinions?

I can't judge the necessity of a make system or if a simple python script 
would suffice. 
If make files are really necessary I would also prefer a python based make 
system. IIRC KDE switches to such a system for version 4. [1]

Regards,

Florian


[1] http://dot.kde.org/1126452494/