Re: [bug#31076] gnurl 7.59.0

[Ricardo Wurmus <rekado@elephly.net>]

Nils Gillmann <ng0@n0.is> writes:

>> I'm looking into switching gnurl to bmake + mk-config. I've already got the
>> tools on my side.
>> Do you want me to continue the native autotools support for Guix in gnurl,
>> derived from curl? Or would it be okay to switch guix over to bmake +
>> mk-config if it works out for gnurl?
>>
>> I'm asking because I could manage to support 2 build-system, it just would
>> be a bit unconvenient for me.
>
> Correction: I noticed this will make building gnurl unpleasant on guix side.
> I would have to introduce the bmake + mk + the bootstrapping of bmake without
> make in the build system I'm currently working on.. in Guix, which is something
> I'm pretty sure will not be taken into master.
>
> Alternative: a simple bmake using the gnu-build-system (and therefore depending
> on make deeper down the graph) would be accepted I guess?

What is the purpose of swapping out the build system?  I thought gnurl
is not supposed to be a project in its own right, so making gratuitous
changes to the build system seems like it wouldn’t be in scope.  It also
sounds like it would *add* dependencies purely for another build system,
even though a perfectly adequate build system already exists.

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Ricardo