[Expo-tech] Snakemake

[Sam Wenham]

I don't think it would solve any issues we have. Django uses the
manage.py tool for it's maintenance. Personally I am not a fan of using
make of any form on the modern internet. It is for building software.

readthedocs.io however is quite nice.

Sam

On 31/07/2019 15:35, Mark Shinwell wrote:
> I think there are probably better tools if we want to change build
> systems.  However I can tell you on good authority that build systems
> are a nightmare, so if there is no compelling reason to change right
> now, don't.
> 
> Mark
> 
> On Wed, 31 Jul 2019 at 15:24, Wookey <wookey at wookware.org
> <mailto:wookey at wookware.org>> wrote:
> 
>     On 2019-07-31 14:18 +0100, Philip Sargent (Gmail) wrote:
>     > Sam, Wookey,
>     >
>     > for wrangling the Django and all the other bits, do we / should we use
>     > something like this ?
>     >
>     > https://snakemake.readthedocs.io/en/stable/
> 
>     It's not clear to me how that does anything make doesn't already
>     do. Which we already have, and various rules for input and ouput
>     files/documents. I'm fine with doing more things with make and keeping
>     reasonably independent pieces nicely separate and file-based, but I'm
>     not sure the youth agree - they want databases, shiny logins and no
>     version control.
> 
>     I don't see what the point of replacing standard make with snakemake
>     is, but perhaps I'm missing something. It is at least available in
>     debian/ubuntu so it's easy to try. Ultimately whoever is doing the
>     work can do whatever they like, but each new tool adds a comprehension
>     overhead. Is this one worth it?
> 
>     Personally this year I plan to spend as little time as possible on the
>     system, and only fix the data, which is now in a much worse state than
>     the system.
> 
>     Wookey
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