[Scons-users] Provide default Import to SConscript

[Hua Yanghao]

Hi Jason,
Indeed it was not Parts, sorry it is my bad.

I will give parts a close look.

Best Regards,
Yanghao

On Wed, Feb 21, 2018 at 9:53 PM, Jason Kenny <dragon512 at live.com> wrote:
> If the namespace object in parts helps you with the import export fixes you
> would like to make. Please feel free you use it/tweak it make this happen
>
> Jason
> ________________________________
> From: Scons-users <scons-users-bounces at scons.org> on behalf of Bill Deegan
> <bill at baddogconsulting.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, February 21, 2018 2:35 PM
> To: SCons users mailing list
> Subject: Re: [Scons-users] Provide default Import to SConscript
>
> Yangao,
>
> Please keep us up to date with your efforts.
> Take a look at our developer guide, any such would need docs and tests to be
> considered for inclusion to SCons, and any major changes would have to have
> support of the community.
>
> I don't have any time or energy to contribute, I'm working on some core
> SCons logic that requires all the time I have available.
>
> -Bill
> SCons Project Co-Manager
>
>
> On Wed, Feb 21, 2018 at 3:22 PM, Bill Deegan <bill at baddogconsulting.com>
> wrote:
>
>
>
> On Wed, Feb 21, 2018 at 2:59 PM, Hua Yanghao <huayanghao at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi Bill,
>
>> SCons is meant to be a python based make replacement.
>
> This is actually very much not true.
>
>
> From the scons.or website:
> "SCons is an Open Source software construction tool—that is, a
> next-generation build tool. Think of SCons as an improved, cross-platform
> substitute for the classic Make utility with integrated functionality
> similar to autoconf/automake and compiler caches such as ccache. In short,
> SCons is an easier, more reliable and faster way to build software."
>
>
> Make is really just dispatching
> commands/keeping track of dependencies and timestamps ... it does not
> provide any Scons Tools libraries etc. In my view somehow scons is
> stuck in the middle of "Make" and a comprehensive build framework like
> "Kbuild", more accurate, yet more difficult compared to pure Make for
> small things, and yet again more difficult compared to full-fledged
> build system due to the lack of a common build framework.
>
>
>
>
> How much time are you willing to commit to development and ongoing support
> of your changes?
>
>
>
>> What your suggesting is probably more along the lines of Parts? (Jason)
>> (Which is build on top of SCons).
>
> I think I saw parts project quite some time ago on company intranet
> ... , but wasn't really what I wanted. I want a single super repo for
> everything a project requires, as compared to be able to build
> independent small things and then stitch them together. Kbuild is
> really what I wanted, kbuild would be perfect if it is build on top of
> python instead of those eye-hurting shell script ... so  I setup and
> build a extremely similar (even better in many ways such as
> inter-configuration dependencies) thing in python/scons (only took a
> few days for the very first working version).
>
>> So if I understand properly, you want to add an alternative version of
>> SConscript where the files would be presented and entirely different set
>> of
>> globals to work with?
>
> Yes, exactly. to bring SConscript from stone-age to industrial-age,
> and yet still allow you to use chisel if you insist ... :)
>
>
> That's nice. Good luck with your efforts.
>
>
>
>
>
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