[MinnowBoard] Regarding GSoC Project

[John 'Warthog9' Hawley]

On 03/20/2015 10:32 PM, Tushar Rajput wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> For the past days I was consulting Make Documentation to get the deeper
> knowledge in that area  and I thought that this would be better for
> resolving the issues of current build system because it would  be the
> least tedious path.
> 
> As I was working on GSoc application and wants to add this function  as
> a primary  solution for cleaning up the build system .Which do you think
> would be more efficient and beneficial for the build system, either
> re-working the shell or converting it to the Makefiles ?

I don't know, mainly because I can see both approaches as being useful
to people.  In it's simplest form just re-working the shell script may
be enough, and obviously offers us a lot more flexibility than
Makefiles.  On the flip side Makefiles mean just typing `make` and
having something build.  I'm happy to entertain both approaches, and if
a student is feeling particularly adventurous it's possible to do both
with a little bit of planning.

- John