Hi there, Here again is the time for a new Google Summer of Code edition and it is a good opportunity for OS projects to welcome students in their teams. This year, one of the PHP project ideas is to move its build system from autotools/Cscript to CMake, for PHP itself and for the PECL (PHP extension repository).
PHP currently uses autotools and some platform specific tools (like cscript on windows) for its build suites. There is no cross platform build tools and only linux is fully supported. Many of us have been using CMake for various projects and enjoy its power and simplicity. Having a CMake build suite for PHP working on every supported platforms will help not only PHP but also to spread CMake to an even wider audience. CDash and CTest usage is also planed as soon as the initial phases are up and running. If you are interested in participating as student for this idea (or any other), please read our Google Summer of Code page: http://wiki.php.net/gsoc/2008#replace_auto_with_cmake as well the Google Summer of Code FAQ: http://code.google.com/opensource/gsoc/2008/faqs.html Feel free to contact us if you any question. I also read this mailing list if you would like to ask something here. _______________________________________________ CMake mailing list [email protected] http://www.cmake.org/mailman/listinfo/cmake
