Can a build system other than autotools be used?

[Bo Peng]

Dear list,

We are planning to submit lyx (www.lyx.org) to cygwin-apps. Although
autotools is currently used as the primary build system, we have a
scons based system that works better under cygwin, and may replace
autotools in the future. Will cygwin accept a build system other than
autotools? I ask this question since all instructions seem to be
autotools specific.

Thank you very much.
Bo