RFC: Convert bconds to autoconf-like options.

[Jeff Johnson]

On Nov 18, 2009, at 11:49 AM, Przemyslaw Iskra wrote:
> 
> I only really care about %__enable_disable macro which replaces such
> obscure PLD idiom:
> 	--%{?with_runtime:en}%{!?with_runtime:dis}able-runtime-cpudetection
> with much more readable:
> 	%{__enable_disable runtime runtime-cpudetection}
> 

Certainly macros are eye scratching pugliness, you will get no argument
from me.

> All the other macros are to complete the implementation.
> 
> 
> Your "registry" idea sounds very interesting, but PLD doesn't even have
> standarized bcond names (not often, but they differ between spec files
> sometimes). So implementing it would require a lot of effort from us.
> 

If there's some fundamental design, particularly with naming conventions
(hint: just steal AutoFu conventions and put a _ in front of the names),
then a "registry" and inheiritance and YAML/XML/JSON/WHATEVER markup
and more could (and should) be attempted. Without strong design
conventions, well, PLD has strong methodology even if most distros
don't wrto RPM macros.

But certainly RPM macro eye scratchiness can always be attempted
by adding Yet Another Layer of abstraction.

At some point its quite hard to tell how a build should be done ...


73 de Jeff
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