[Scummvm-devel] Ports and their custom build systems. Do we need them?

[Max Horn]

Hi folks,

I noticed that several ports which now support configure based  
building (e.g. DC, PSP) still seem to maintain and use their custom  
build systems, too. That made me wonder why this is the case: Is it  
more convenient for some reason? If so, which? Is the configure based  
build process lacking certain abilities? If so, which? What else is  
making porters want to keep and maintain their custom build systems?

Would be nice to hear about this from porters, as my hope is that  
based on this valuable input we can further improve our primary build  
system, ideally being able to supersede the custom ones completely.  
Which I consider desirable, as it reduced "code" duplication, and also  
ensures that the buildbot produced binaries are in sync with what  
porters do. Ideally it would also make life easier for porters. I  
understand that the latter may not be the case right now, to the  
contrary, but we can only improve it if we get feedback :).

Cheers,
Max