From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: (from weis@localhost) by pauillac.inria.fr (8.7.6/8.7.3) id JAA31326 for caml-red; Thu, 1 Feb 2001 09:28:18 +0100 (MET) Received: from concorde.inria.fr (concorde.inria.fr [192.93.2.39]) by pauillac.inria.fr (8.7.6/8.7.3) with ESMTP id EAA25481 for ; Thu, 1 Feb 2001 04:13:43 +0100 (MET) Received: from mx1.informatik.uni-tuebingen.de (mx1.Informatik.Uni-Tuebingen.De [134.2.12.5]) by concorde.inria.fr (8.11.1/8.10.0) with ESMTP id f113DSX17654 for ; Thu, 1 Feb 2001 04:13:28 +0100 (MET) Received: from sunstroke.informatik.uni-tuebingen.de (sunstroke [134.2.11.25]) by mx1.informatik.uni-tuebingen.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4C7614AC for ; Thu, 1 Feb 2001 04:13:27 +0100 (MET) Received: (from pfitzen@localhost) by sunstroke.informatik.uni-tuebingen.de (8.9.3+Sun/8.9.1) id EAA12826 for caml-list@inria.fr; Thu, 1 Feb 2001 04:13:25 +0100 (MET) Date: Thu, 1 Feb 2001 04:13:25 +0100 (MET) From: Juergen Pfitzenmaier Message-Id: <200102010313.EAA12826@sunstroke.informatik.uni-tuebingen.de> Subject: make and large projects Content-Type: text/plain To: undisclosed-recipients:; Sender: weis@pauillac.inria.fr Dear ocaml users, the following is loosly connected with the discussion a few days ago on structuring large projects and the use of make in this list. 2 years ago I evaluated several tools that claim to replace make. Two of them seemed the most promising: cook and cons; but I wasn't content with them. So I considered writing my own. But then my interests shifted and the people I was working with at that time didn't seem too interested and so the project died. I still have some of the papers from that project and I believe that a group of 3-4 could write a good replacement for make in reasonable time. Q: So what is missing ? A: Programmers with experience in building large, complex projects who want to change the way projects are build. I need someone to talk to to clarify my ideas. You will say these people are easy to find. I have met many programmers complaining about make but the pain was not deep enough to make them really think about alternatives. If someone wants to discuss make replacements please write to me. -- pfitzen