[PATCH] Remove the autoconf build system

[Volker Lendecke]

Hi!

For several reasons I am against waf. Ages ago I have
already expressed my opposition on Python dependency, which
I have not brought up again in this discussion round because
I had thought that this was beaten to death already and
everybody knows that I have strong concerns with that. But
as the steamroller has moved on I think I have spent all
energy I had to block this. I hate it, but I will not block
it anymore.

By the way, (may sound weird in this mail): Thanks to
address some of the issues. Really appreciated.

Volker

On Tue, May 28, 2013 at 07:34:41AM +1000, Andrew Bartlett wrote:
> On Thu, 2013-05-23 at 13:36 +1000, Andrew Bartlett wrote:
> > I've uploaded my patches to remove the autoconf build system to the
> > remove-autoconf branch at git://git.samba.org/abartlet.samba.org
> > 
> > https://git.samba.org/abartlet/samba.git/?p=abartlet/samba.git/.git;a=shortlog;h=refs/heads/remove-autoconf
> 
> G'Day,
> 
> The patch has now been reviewed by two other team members (more review
> still welcome).  I know of only one person (Volker) who has expressed
> opposition to the idea, requesting that we ensure his concerns are
> addressed before we move on.  With the patches I have provided, I
> honestly believe I have addressed his concerns, with code changes
> specifically directed at "the two most annoying ones" and improving the
> handling of the third.
> 
> Sadly Volker seems unwilling to communicate on the matter, which is
> frustrating, as for a time we seemed to have a clear set of technical
> issues and I was very much looking forward to confirming that they were
> addressed.
> 
> I can only take it that Volker hopes his silence will assist in delaying
> this work, which is highly frustrating.  Michael Adam went to great
> pains to detail the issue, only to be told: "tl;dr. Just do what you
> think needs doing."
> 
> On that basis, having no actual objections I feel I have met the review
> requirements, and that while we all know Volker isn't happy, that the
> next step is clearly to merge this patch.
> 
> I however do not wish to get ahead of the rest of the team here, and so
> would like confirmation from others on the Team before I move forward. 
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Andrew Bartlett
> -- 
> Andrew Bartlett                                http://samba.org/~abartlet/
> Authentication Developer, Samba Team           http://samba.org
> 
> 

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