Hi.

I wanted to use notmuch on MS Windows and thus have ported the code to
be able to compile with MinGW and MSYS using the GNU autotools on that
platform.

Now, I'm in the process of streamlining the patches.

As a first prerequisite I integrated gnulib as a git submodule and
added the Makefile.am and configure.ac stuff.

Bootstrapping works OK, basically overwriting the existing Makefiles.

So, up to this point, it would be possible to use the old Makefiles as
well as the autotools generated ones (allowing cross compilation and
out-of-source builds) alternatively.

The next step would be ensuring to include config.h as the first
header in every compilation unit. Furthermore, I'd need to replace
compat.h because that's what gnulib is used for.

My question is: would it hurt your feelings if I'd rip off the old
build system completely and substitute it with an autotools build?

Or, are there any complications / problems I do not yet see?

Supporting two build system in parallel definitely is more
work, but it would be possible if feasible in some way.

Thanks for any opinions.

Regards,
Claudio
 
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