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Ruud H.G. van Tol on Sun, 13 Aug 2023 11:22:39 +0200
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Re: A more mature build system for PARI
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- To: pari-dev@pari.math.u-bordeaux.fr
- Subject: Re: A more mature build system for PARI
- From: "Ruud H.G. van Tol" <rvtol@isolution.nl>
- Date: Sun, 13 Aug 2023 11:17:50 +0200
- Delivery-date: Sun, 13 Aug 2023 11:22:39 +0200
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On 2023-08-13 06:46, John Scott wrote:
I think PARI needs a standardized and well-respected build system instead of the custom one. Right now the custom build system is inconvenient for downstream users like packagers, does not deal with corner cases like cross builds well, and needlessly introduces an extra learning curve instead of using a common solution.
[...]
Also have a look at how homebrew (1) does it,
as on a MacBook the 'brew install pari' way
is (in my experience) seamless.
-- Ruud
1. https://brew.sh/
https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/meson