[Pkg-ace-devel] Intent to introduce pkg-config support

[Thomas Girard]

Raphael Bossek wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> first, I'm making progress. The last problem could be solved (Qt moc file
> was not generated). I hope I get it running until weekend :)

Great.

> Now a question. Is there a intention for pkg-config support ? Until now
> only the ACE Makefiles can be used as reference von compiler options. For
> somebody who uses GNU AutoTools pkg-config would be helpful to get all
> required compiler/linker options.

These would replace {ace,too}-config, right ? Since I'm using MPC, I 
have never used these scripts. Will reactor separation make their use 
mandatory ?

An issue that could be raised by switching to pkg-config is that 
pkg-config is released under the GPL, while ACE+TAO use a BSD-like 
license. This is not a problem by itself, but the mandatory use of 
pkg-config would prevent using ACE+TAO packages in a commercial product. 
What do you think about this ?

Thanks,

Thomas