Can SCons replace libtools and behave better than them in multiplatform 
projects? Python is not a problem, because all major platforms support it.

Gabriel

Anthony Kozar wrote:
> I have downloaded and taken a brief look at SCons before.  I am actually
> planning to adapt it to work on Mac OS 9 and use it as a core component in a
> new MacOS front-end for Csound.  SCons would be used to automate dependency
> analysis and "build" complicated Csound projects that involve multiple steps
> (utility analyses, score generation, score processing, and/or multiple calls
> to Csound).
> 
> So, I am fine with SCons.  I can probably even use it to build Csound on
> MacOS 9.
> 
> Anthony Kozar
> anthony.kozar@utoledo.edu
> 
> 
> On 3/10/04 9:58 AM, gogins@pipeline.com etched in
> stone:
> 
> 
>>But I am getting fed up with autotools, and I'm looking at alternative
>>cross-platform build systems. I'm looking at boost jam, CMake, and SCons. I
>>am going to experiment with SCons first, because it promises to work on Mac
>>OS X, Linux, and Windows, and on Windows to use MSVC++ 7.1 which can be
>>downloaded for free. However it uses Python. Are you willing to contemplate
>>a build system that depends on Python? Python most definitely runs and
>>installs on all Linuxes, most Unixes, Windows, and Macs.
> 
> 
> 


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