[Python-ideas] Cmake as build system

[André Freitas]

Hi Nick,
I agree with you. You are completely right :)

I am new to python mailing list and contributors. Hope to suggest more
effective ideas in the future.

Best regards,
André Freitas

A sáb, 23/05/2015, 3:41 da tarde, Nick Coghlan <ncoghlan at gmail.com>
escreveu:

> On 23 May 2015 at 12:08, Andrew Barnert via Python-ideas <
> python-ideas at python.org> wrote:
>
>> Sorry, meant to include this in my previous reply, but I accidentally cut
>> and didn't paste...
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>> On May 22, 2015, at 17:08, André Freitas <p.andrefreitas at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>> Thanks for sharing Ryan Gonzalez :)
>>
>> It just could be another alternative and not a replacement of autotools.
>>
>>
>> If the problem is that the autotools build system is a nightmare to
>> maintain, how is having two completely different complex build systems that
>> have to be kept perfectly in sync not going to be an even bigger nightmare?
>>
>
> Three - we already have to keep autotools and the MSVS solution in sync
> (except where they're deliberately different, such as always bundling
> OpenSSL on Windows).
>
> I don't think there's actually any active *opposition* to replacing
> autotools, there just aren't currently any sufficiently compelling
> alternatives out there to motivate someone to do all the work involved in
> proposing a change, working through all the build requirements across all
> the different redistributor channels (including the nascent iOS and Android
> support being pursued on mobile-sig), and figuring out how to get from
> point A to point B without breaking the world at any point in the process.
>
> That said, I'll admit that to someone interested in the alternatives,
> listing some of the problems that autotools is currently solving for us may
> *sound* like opposition, rather than accurately scoping out the problem
> requirements and the transition to be managed :)
>
> Cheers,
> Nick.
>
> --
> Nick Coghlan   |   ncoghlan at gmail.com   |   Brisbane, Australia
>
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