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0 pointspdimitar1y ago0 comments

If it's hundreds, I'll agree with you, obviously that would be a huge effort to migrate.

But you made the argument that adding another build dependency is somehow difficult or undesirable which I can't see; the tool is installed in seconds on all major OS-es and package managers.

So let's not conflate those two separate things, yeah?

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ErikBjare1y ago

Why ask all my users to install just, when make works fine? Adding a build dependency is always undesirable.

just doesn't even do many of the things make does, as the README states: "just is a command runner, not a build system"

pdimitarOP1y ago

`make` running fine is the hill I'll proudly die on. Or simply put, I'll disagree forever. It's full of subtle issues that I got tired of tip-toeing around. It's a never ending black hole of programmer time.

And yes, `just` isn't a build system per se, it still requires something to track modified source files and whether they map to the requisite build artifacts. Good for C/C++ and maybe stuff like Latex -> HTML but outside of that it's obsolete and thank the gods for that.

If it works well for you, cool. As mentioned up-thread I wouldn't attempt a switch with hundreds of Makefiles already working fine either.

But I'm very happy to tell you that your case is the vanishing minority. Happily the world has moved on.

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