[cairo] CMake
Luca Barbato
lu_zero at gentoo.org
Thu May 1 01:25:07 PDT 2008
Jason G wrote:
> I am a big fan of cmake and the first thing I did after I downloaded
> cairo and ran the configure script (to make a config.h) is create a
> cmake project file.
>
> The two best IDEs (Codeblocks & Visual Studio) depend on project files
> that can be created by cmake.
>
> Just my 2 cents.
My experience hadn't been as positive. The only point of interest is the
ability to create project files targeting specific IDEs, but it isn't
exactly a compelling feature for people not using them. I found it a bit
more complex to extract how to enable and disable optional features and
how to pass specific override than autoconf generated configure and
overally I found the syntax less pleasant, ok, it's a matter of taste.
Using a source based distribution I could also add that cmake takes
quite a bit of time to build and has less than expected dependencies,
thus making it even less interesting in my eyes, again quite a personal
view on it, I know.
Most of the issues people have with autotools are related either due
different frame of mind (IDE users, windows users) or superficial use of
the toolset (blind copy&paste, custom code in automake files that could
be replaced with standard targets). I'm currently having a look at
Quagmire since seems an interesting alternative to automake.
lu
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Luca Barbato
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