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Subject: Re: [PATCH] Add 'waf-build-system'.
Date: Wed, 04 Feb 2015 23:04:42 +0100
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rekado <rekado@elephly.net> skribis:

> Ludovic Court=C3=A8s writes:
>
>> Ricardo Wurmus <rekado@elephly.net> skribis:
>>
>>> Unlike the Python build system, however, there is a configure phase, and
>>> not everything important happens during the install phase.
>>
>> OK.  Did you find it more appropriate to extend =E2=80=98gnu-build-syste=
m=E2=80=99
>> rather than =E2=80=98python-build-system=E2=80=99?
>
> The way I see it the waf-build-system is a descendant of the
> gnu-build-system in that it has the same phases; it only uses a
> different tool (namely the waf script).  The python-build-system on the
> other hand concentrates everything in the install "phase".
>
> The waf-build-system looks similar to the python-build-system only
> because the waf script needs to be run with a python interpreter, and it
> could be either version 2 or 3.  This is why I extended the
> gnu-build-system (as a "parent") and imported the default-python
> procedures from python-build-system (as a "cousin").
>
> Does this make any sense?

Yes it does.  Thanks for the explanation!

Ludo=E2=80=99.