[Expat-discuss] RFC: unitool -> universal toolchain instead of autoshit

[Greg Stein]

The autoconf/libtool scripts work just fine for Expat. We dropped
automake a long time (the worst of the bunch).

I'm not sure how a switch would benefit Expat or its users.

Cheers,
-g

On Tue, Dec 14, 2004 at 04:58:52AM +0100, Enrico Weigelt wrote:
> 
> Hi folks,
> 
> 
> I've started to write down some concepts for an universal toolchain
> command as an platform-independent frontend for toolchain and 
> installation commands. It is supports crosscompiling, sysroot-building,
> file installation + packaging, library management and system property 
> database as fundamental concepts. 
> 
> No more "checking whether 1+1 ..." anylonger. 
> Instead create a *strict* set of commands which can be really 
> assumed to *work*, and of course *exactly the same on every platform.
> 
> When using unitool, about 95% of the configure stuff is obsolete. 
> We dont need to find out how to call several tools on a certain platform, 
> now we definitivly *know* it. All platform or toolchain specific stuff
> is hidden behind the individual implementation of unitool. 
> 
> 
> The wiki page can be found at:
> 
>     http://nibiru.borg.metux.de:7000/wiki/index.php/Univeral_Toolchain
> 
> The maillist can be reached via unitool-dev at metux.de, subscriptions 
> via majordomo at metux.de
> 
> 
> cu
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