Re: Build systems and implicit inputs

[Pierre Neidhardt]

zimoun <address@hidden> writes:

> Hi Ludo,
>
> On Tue, 21 Jan 2020 at 11:56, Ludovic Courtès <address@hidden> wrote:
>
>> > The solution to your problem in my opinion is simply to expose just the
>> > right amount of options through #:arguments for all build systems.
>> > Would that be satisfactory to you?
>>
>> I think the issue of tweaking the build system and its implicit inputs
>> must be addressed separately.  We first need a good API to do that.
>> When we have it, it’ll be nice and easy to drive it via package
>> parameters.  :-)
>
> Now I have a better understanding about "package parameters", I agree
> that it is 2 separate stories.

Hmm... but does it have to?  It seems to me that we would gain a lot in
keeping those parameters general enough and not separate the handling of
the build system from the rest.  It would be simpler and more powerful.

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Pierre Neidhardt
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