[Scons-users] Problems with the Java builder

[Russel Winder]

On Sat, 2014-01-25 at 13:08 -0600, robert zeigler wrote:

> Seems like there might be a model mismatch between gradle and scons,

> though, since gradle is more task-centric and scons is more file-centric?


That is correct. As far as I am aware Gradle tracks the X.java → X.class
for incremental compilation but ignores all other .class files generated
from the source. The assumption behind the current debate is that SCons
cannot do this, it has to know the source from which each compilation
product derives, if nothing else so as to do clean. 

I think a solution of "use SCons for the C/C++/Fortran/D and Gradle for
the Java/Scala/Ceylon/Kotlin/Groovy/JRuby/Closure" would work as long as
the communication was not at the file/directory level.

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