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List: kde-core-devel
Subject: Re: Build system (was Re: Future of KDE Development)
From: Alexander Neundorf <neundorf () kde ! org>
Date: 2005-02-14 19:12:48
Message-ID: 200502142012.48595.neundorf () kde ! org
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On Monday 14 February 2005 19:56, Stephan Kulow wrote:
> On Monday 14 February 2005 19:33, Alexander Neundorf wrote:
> > IMO this is an advantage. Everybody knows makefiles, so everybody will
> > feel kind of comfortable. You can still enter make on the command line.
>
> Everybody knows makefiles? Tss,
Wouldn't be too bad if you could be serious at least once ;-)
> then how come Makefile.ams are most broken
> if people are writing own rules?
E.g. because you have to understand how the rule will be transferred from the
Makefile.am through the Makefile.in to the final Makefile ?
Anyway, the basic principles are understood and running make feels familiar.
> If you want an argument against cmake:
From the tone of this question it seems we're set on scons: more people here
(including you, the current build system maintainer) are more willing to use
python than another solution.
> it doesn't provide a full powered
> programming language and custom macro languages is what we have now and
> no-one understands them.
Difference: all cmake is documented on *one* easy understandable man page.
(this is the one feature why I switched to cmake, it is really easy to learn)
I'm not opposed to using scons, I just know that I made very good experiences
with cmake, I consider cmake very good documented, powerful and very easy to
use.
Bye
Alex
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