Re: [ros-dev] Re: 12739: Add sample build script.

[Royce Mitchell III]

Martin Fuchs wrote:
> Hi,
>
> if you want to replace the Makefile build system, please consider using bjam:
> http://boost.org/tools/build/jam_src/
>
> It has the following advantages:
>
> automatic dependency checking
>
> resolves dependencies in memory without invoking
>
> multiple levels of Makefiles
> supports nearly every compiler toolset out there, see:
>
> http://boost.org/more/getting_started.html#Tools

If you want, you're welcome to setup a vote to decide what we want to 
transition to, but at the moment almost nobody wants to introduce new 
external dependencies.