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

[Rocky Burt]

On Wed, 2006-14-06 at 22:23 -0400, Benji York wrote:
> 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 agree, unless makefiles are necessary (which is a bit of an oxymoron)
they're simply additional cruft that needs to be maintained.  I'm -1 on
including makefiles.

- Rocky


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