Re:Redo: A recursive, general-purpose build system
by Quekid5 on Tuesday December 28, 2021 @07:00PM
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The problem with Bazel has nothing to do with learning curve. It's a pretty simple model as far as build systems go.
It's that it requires a lot of boilerplate and has a very rigid nested structure... which compounds boilerplate, unless you venture into custom plugins/build rules.
Some of the basic ideas are absolutely right, e.g. separating the resolution of dependencies from the build, and purity, but it's just soooo much boilerplate.
It's that it requires a lot of boilerplate and has a very rigid nested structure... which compounds boilerplate, unless you venture into custom plugins/build rules.
Some of the basic ideas are absolutely right, e.g. separating the resolution of dependencies from the build, and purity, but it's just soooo much boilerplate.