Aw: Re: [ANN] Guile Hall Release (v0.1.1)

["Arne Babenhauserheide" <Arne_Bab@web.de>]

> Gesendet: Dienstag, 03. Juli 2018 um 09:03 Uhr
> Von: "alex sassmannshausen" <alex.sassmannshausen@gmail.com>
> An: "Ludovic Courtès" <ludo@gnu.org>
> Cc: guile-user@gnu.org
> Betreff: Re: [ANN] Guile Hall Release (v0.1.1)
>
> On Mon, 2 Jul 2018, 17:09 Ludovic Courtès, <ludo@gnu.org> wrote:
> 
> > Heya,
> >
> > Alex Sassmannshausen <alex.sassmannshausen@gmail.com> skribis:
> >
> > >> I wonder if it would be useful to have a “standalone” mode, where Hall
> > >> would rely neither on Autoconf/Automake nor on Guix to do basic things
> > >> like building code.  It might help newcomers.  You wouldn’t want to
> > >> reimplement everything though, so I don’t know if this is a viable
> > >> approach.  Thoughts?
> > >
> > > Interesting idea.  When you say building code, do you mean literally
> > > compiling a project within the project folder & perhaps generating a
> > > wrapper script that might update GUILE_LOAD_{COMPILED_}PATH à la
> > > pre-inst-env, or do you mean some form of installer?
> >
> > I’m thinking of a “hall build” command that would build Scheme files and
> > produce a wrapper script, and optionally “hall install” as well.
> 
> 
> > It’s interesting only if it can be done without reimplementing too much
> > of the Autoconf/Automake or Guix logic, I suppose.
> >
> 
> Agreed. I do think having some easy way of "running" your project would be
> cool.
> 
> Thanks for your thoughts!

A while ago I started a project which simply sets up autotools: 

https://bitbucket.org/ArneBab/conf/src/default/

> conf - Initialize modern autotools projects
> Inspired by Mozilla Cargo ( http://doc.crates.io/guide.html ) but without the NIH and currently more limited in scope.
> See NEWS for user-visible changes. See ChangeLog or the history for detailed changes.

Going that way allows re-using all the features of autotools by providing simple templates for common setups — and a starting point for more complex ones.

Then hall build can simply be a wrapper for ./bootstrap.sh && ./configure && make

Best wishes,
Arne