Revision: 44792
http://brlcad.svn.sourceforge.net/brlcad/?rev=44792&view=rev
Author: brlcad
Date: 2011-06-07 06:15:45 +0000 (Tue, 07 Jun 2011)
Log Message:
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reword the intro description with details about the new cmake build and
additional reasoning for the migration.
Modified Paths:
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brlcad/trunk/NEWS
Modified: brlcad/trunk/NEWS
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--- brlcad/trunk/NEWS 2011-06-07 05:58:41 UTC (rev 44791)
+++ brlcad/trunk/NEWS 2011-06-07 06:15:45 UTC (rev 44792)
@@ -22,18 +22,21 @@
--- 2011-05-27 Release 7.20.0 ---
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-This release marks the introduction of our new build system based on
-CMake, a cross platform tool that is capable of generating
-native build logic for a wide variety of operating systems.
-Cliff Yapp has been working on this conversion for a number of months
-in order to simplify the task of building BRL-CAD on multiple
-platforms. Previously, there were two build sytems in BRL-CAD -
-one based on GNU Autotools for Unix/Linux platforms (including
-Mac OSX), and the Microsoft Visual Studio files for Windows. CMake
-will allow one set of build rules to handle all supported platforms,
-eliminating the need to manually update the Windows build logic at
-release time.
+This release marks the introduction of a new CMake build system for
+BRL-CAD. CMake is a cross-platform build system infrastructure
+capable of generating native build system logic for a wide variety of
+operating systems and compilation environments. Cliff Yapp has been
+diligently working on this adaptation for a number of months in order
+to simplify the task of maintaining BRL-CAD on multiple platforms.
+Previously, there were two build sytems being maintained in BRL-CAD.
+One system was based on the GNU Autotools suite for Unix/Linux/BSD
+platforms (including Mac OSX); the other was Microsoft Visual Studio
+files for Windows. The new build system handles all supported
+platforms including Windows from the same build logic. This
+eliminates the need to manually update multiple build systems and
+improves BRL-CAD cross-platform maintainability.
+
* cross-platform 64-bit ISST (cmake-only) - Cliff Yapp, Erik Greenwald
* fixed mged zoom out mouse binding on Linux/*BSD - Cliff Yapp
* improved multiple path handling for search command - Cliff Yapp
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