[Python-ideas] Rewriting the build system (part 2)

[anatoly techtonik]

On Mon, Mar 16, 2015 at 8:39 PM, Chris Barker <chris.barker at noaa.gov> wrote:
> One more note: so adding a python dependency is a pain. But the current
> system requires separate stems for Windows and *nix-y systems, and who knows
> what for hypothetical systems that don't support autotools. So maybe a
> python-based build system that worked on all the common platforms, with an
> additional makefile that you have to hand-mangle to bootstrap a new platform
> isn't any more to maintain.

Manual instruction with lists of files that can be parsed out of it is
better than
Makefile IMO. Pumped up Markdown or something..
-- 
anatoly t.