[haiku-development] Re: Resurrecting the Jamfile-engine

On 2008-08-23 at 23:09:28 [+0200], Ryan Leavengood <leavengood@xxxxxxxxx> 
wrote:
[...]
> I just got an email from Ralf Schülke asking if the Jamfile-engine
> could be added to the developer tools. I think this is a good idea,
> BUT I think it could use some improvement first. For one thing I
> wonder how much of the stuff from the Haiku build system could be
> ported over to be used in the Jamfile-engine, because at this point
> Ingo knows much more about Jam than I did when I first wrote the
> Jamfile-engine. Plus there were a few annoying bugs that I encountered
> that last time I used the Jamfile-engine.
> 
> So I am writing this email for two reasons:
> 
> 1) To see if other people think the Jamfile-engine or an updated
> version should be added to the developer tools.

I'm all for it.

> 2) To see if Ingo or anyone else would like to help me update the
> Jamfile-engine to use some of the newer better code from the Haiku
> build tools.

Currently I have enough other stuff on my plate and I'm sure this would 
take several hours. So I wouldn't really want to touch it ATM. But if you 
adjust the coding style, I'd say just check it  in(after adjusting the 
coding style :-)) and add it to the Development package. Ages ago I wrote 
my own Jamfile-engine for use in YellowBites' build system. It might be 
interesting for reference.

CU, Ingo

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