Re: [RFC] Create test script(s?) for regression testing

[Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@ideasonboard.com>]

Hi Mauro,

On Wednesday, 7 November 2018 21:53:20 EET Mauro Carvalho Chehab wrote:
> Em Wed, 07 Nov 2018 21:35:32 +0200 Laurent Pinchart escreveu:
> > On Wednesday, 7 November 2018 21:10:35 EET Mauro Carvalho Chehab wrote:

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> >> I'm with Hans on that matter: better to start with an absolute minimum
> >> of dependencies (like just: make, autotools, c, c++, bash),
> > 
> > On a site note, for a new project, we might want to move away from
> > autotools. cmake and meson are possible alternatives that are way less
> > painful.
> 
> Each toolset has advantages or disadvantages. We all know how
> autotools can be painful.
> 
> One bad thing with cmake is that they deprecate stuff. A long-live project
> usually require several" backward" compat stuff at cmake files in order
> to cope with different behaviors that change as cmake evolves.

I don't know how much of a problem that would be. My experience with cmake is 
good so far, but I haven't used it in a large scale project with 10+ years of 
contributions :-)

> I never used mason myself.

It's the build system we picked for libcamera, I expect to provide feedback in 
the not too distant future.

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Regards,

Laurent Pinchart