Hi Christoph, > On 19 Mar 2021, at 00:00, Christoph Grüninger <f...@grueninger.de> wrote: > > ... > > 2. More choices to actually build the project: Use integrated build > tools of IDEs (Visual Studio, Xcode) or use Ninja, which is faster than > gmake > > ... > > 4. CMake is better supported by IDEs like Visual Studio, Qt Creator, > KDevelop.
Regarding the IDE support points, it’s possible to generate a CMakeLists.txt from the compile_commands.json file created when building using the current make system. You could then use CMake to generate a native project file for your IDE of choice, and use that for compiling and debugging HotSpot (final linking etc would still be done by make). I have a prototype for this that worked reasonably well with at least Xcode, CLion and Visual Studio as I remember it. If this sounds interesting to anyone I could perhaps try to make it available somewhere.. :) Best regards, Robin > > 5. A lot of code bases were ported to CMake like KDE, Qt, or LLVM. Their > arguments apply here, too. Also their trade-offs between investment and > benefit. > >> At various times, I have dreamed of replacing the configure script with >> something that is more modern and easy to maintain than this bash/m4 >> mix. We have a very well-defined API for the configure script: the user >> calls "bash configure" in the root directory of the project, with a set >> of --options, and as a result we create a spec.gmk file that defines the >> configuration. This could easily be replicated in another system. But if >> I were to rewrite this from scratch, I'd rather write the whole >> configure logic in Java (apart from some thin shell script logic needed >> to find the boot jdk), rather than trying to shoehorn in our build model >> in CMake. > > I understand your temptation, but writing and maintaining all the > configure/find logic and quirks will be a burden. I'd try to reduce the > build system code to a minimum and rely on a third-party solution to do > as much as possible for me. > > Bye > Christoph > > -- > Als wär es nix, leb' ich von [IT] und mach' nur, was ich lieb' > Lebe wie im Paradies, womit hab' ich das verdient? > Die Wahrheit ist: Hab' ich nicht, ich bin nur reicher beschenkt > Als jemand in einem armen Land mit dem gleichen Talent > [frei nach Tua von Die Orsons - Oioioiropa]
