Hi, Am Montag, den 10.12.2007, 18:39 -0500 schrieb Derek Atkins: > Quoting Andreas Köhler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > >> (Actually, CMake might be an interesting alternative, especially > >> because we do > >> not use many "convenience libraries" but instead directly build a > >> whole bunch > >> of shared libraries. I've been using cmake in several other projects for > >> quite some time by now. But switching the build system from autotools to > >> cmake this would be a task of the size of one Summer of Code project :-) > > > > I just wanted to tell you that I am working on that now, in case anyone > > started as well :-) > > Quick question.. Does using cmake require cmake to be installed to build > >from the tarball? I only ask this because Fedora 7 does not install > cmake by default, and I suspect that most OSes/Distros do not have cmake > by default. Whereas by using the auto-tools, you only need to have > special software installed if you're trying to build the build system. > You don't need anything special to build from the tarball. > > If you only need cmake in order to build the build system but you do > NOT need it to build from the tarball, then that's probably okay. I > think it's okay to add dependencies to build from SVN. But I'd be > extremely hesitant to require a new build dependency to the tarball. > > Just my $0.02.
Christian will be able to give you a more detailed and knowledgeable answer, but I think CMake will be necessary to build from the tarball. I doubt that, by the time of GnuCash 2.4 will be released, major distributions will lack CMake packages. I do not use Fedora myself, but I could find a fedora/releases/7/Everything/i386/os/Fedora/cmake-2.4.6-3.fc7.i386.rpm package via browsing. Even Debian Sarge (Backports) features a 2.4.5 package. As projects like KDE are switching to CMake, I do not think that GnuCash will add a unique build dependency that nobody will maintain in a few years. I would rather try and see what CMake can help us with. BTW, I think this would remove the dependency on libtool. Yours, -- andi5 _______________________________________________ gnucash-devel mailing list gnucash-devel@gnucash.org https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-devel
