Waf supports parallel builds and works with GHC without too much trouble. I use it in a mixed Haskell, C++, Scala and Python build. If there is interest I could conceivably clean up the ghc waf tool and release it.
On 5/14/11 1:25 PM, Maciej Marcin Piechotka wrote:While I do appreciate you stepping in to defend autotools (if for no other reason then because someone has to so that the discussion is balanced :-) ), I think that you are wrong to say that autotools is unusual in getting the idea of parallel builds right, since in my experience the opposite is the case: most systems support parallel builds --- such as SCons, CMake, I think waf, etc. --- with Cabal being an outlier here.
(to mention
one which is often neglected - parallel build).
Cheers,
Greg
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