Hmmm.... future of cons?

[Asko Kauppi]

Being new to the cons world (just starting to evaluate it), this makes me
wonder...  

What is the real problem: technical instability, lack of developers or both?
Knowing "enough" about make I really _don't_ want to know any more! 'Cons'
seems like the perfect "life-saver" for me. Or well, seemed.

So far, I've compared 'make', 'jam' and 'cons' on paper and am _just_now_
starting to do that in action. Please inform me if 'cons' is a "dead end"
since I wouldn't like to waste my time.

On paper, it seems like the best of the bunch. Especially the
not-only-timestamp philosophy appeals to me greatly.

Thanks for the help,
- Asko

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Timothee Besset [SMTP:address@hidden
> Sent: Thursday, May 16, 2002 11:40 AM
> To:   address@hidden
> Subject:      Re: cons 2.3.1 release?
> 
> I know, I periodically post here trying to get things moving. The CVS
> version works fine, except for the build package problem I reported, and
> the lack of a working parallel cons. A final release of 2.3.1 as the
> stable version, and a clear statement that cons developement is abandonned
> would be a good thing.
> 
> Last time I checked, scons was far behind in terms of features. I'm using
> cons in a production environement, and I need some of it's advanced
> features. It's not the right time to switch to scons yet.
> 
> TTimo
> 
> On Thu, 16 May 2002 10:33:14 +0200
> Nadim Khemir <address@hidden> wrote:
> 
> > Timothee, 
> > 
> > Don't expect anything to happen. I pointed exactly the same problem
> months
> > ago. 2.3.0 is the best way to kill cons, it's so broken that I almost
> gave
> > up using cons, till some generous soul pointed to CVS.
> > 
> > There is a python implementation that supports parallel construction
> (search
> > for SCons) it's a new product but it's not worse than 2.3.0. Hope this
> > helps.
> > 
> > Nadim.
> > 
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Timothee Besset [mailto:address@hidden
> > > Sent: Thursday, May 16, 2002 9:24 AM
> > > To: address@hidden
> > > Subject: cons 2.3.1 release?
> > > 
> > > Last official cons release is 2.3.0, about a year ago. I know the CVS
> > > version has several things fixed, cause 2.3.0 doesn't work for me and
> I
> > > have to use CVS on some projects (for a dependencies fix, and external
> > > commands I think).
> > > 
> > > A new release would be a good idea? Is Rajesh still maintaining cons
> as
> > > stated on the web page?
> > > 
> > > My over problem is the lack of a working parallel cons (more on that
> > > later).
> > > 
> > > TTimo
> > > 
> > > _______________________________________________
> > > address@hidden
> > > http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/cons-discuss
> > > Cons URL: http://www.dsmit.com/cons/
> > 
> 
> _______________________________________________
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