Re: [Axiom-developer] Re: gcl and noweb in the build-improvements source tree

[Brent Fulgham]

> The implication though is that when we make a release, we must make
> sure gcl and noweb are included.  That slightly complicates the logic
> of the Makefiles, but it is doable.  Also we must watch out that
> people don't forget building and testing --without-gcl and
> --without-noweb (which will be the common cases).

I don't understand why GCL and Noweb are included in the first place.  You 
don't include AWK/SED, GCC, or a variety of other tools necessary for building 
the software.

I suppose for GCL is was necessary, since Axiom might depend on specifics of 
the Lisp language supported.

But it seems like making 'noweb' a build requirement might be an easier 
approach.  And as Axiom migrates to a more ANSI code base you could remove GCL 
as well.

-Brent