[Python-ideas] Cmake as build system

[Ryan Gonzalez]

No worries. Most of my ideas still get vetoed in 10 minutes. :)

On May 23, 2015 6:28:58 PM CDT, "André Freitas" <p.andrefreitas at gmail.com> wrote:
>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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