On Tuesday, August 31, 2010 09:33:18 am Mark Roden wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm wondering if it would be possible to have CMake bypass IDEs altogether > and just produce the final, installed results. > > Right now, I do this: > 1) download source > 2) configure source > 3) tweak settings > 4) configure source again > 5) Probably configure a third time, depending on what CMake wants to make > the 'generate' button show up > 6) generate code > 7) open IDE > 8) select build style (debug, release, etc) > 9) build > 10) build install > 11) use libraries/exes/etc > > Would it be possible to combine steps 6-10 with a single button in CMake? > That is, have a CMake default flag that is 'build style', and have that be > something like 'debug' (which corresponds to a set of compiler switches, > etc), 'release' (other switches), and so forth. Have that show up as a > simple option when configuring. Then, rather than having to go through all > subsequent steps, just have a third button that is 'build and install', > that just goes right to building and installing? > > The idea is that if I need to set up a development environment on a new > machine, or recover from a crash, or the like, I should be able to download > the source and (ideally) press a single button to make it happen. > > I've followed this style: > http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/fog0000000043.html > > for a while now, and having the one-button deployment really shows > weaknesses in the process, as well as really helps have end users get to > what they actually want, which is an installed, usable version of the code > that they downloaded. It's like running ./configure; make; make install > from the command line, but in delicious GUI form and allowing you to easily > flip whatever switches you want in step 3 above. > > Make sense? Good idea/bad idea?
See: http://cmake.org/Bug/view.php?id=8260 http://cmake.org/Bug/view.php?id=8664 Feel free to add your comments to that. I think its a good idea. As for the "Joel Test" you gave a link to, one can already do #2 and #3 with a ctest script. But yeah, have a GUI button as well would be nice. An issue is that there are multiple things that "one" button can do. Clint _______________________________________________ Powered by www.kitware.com Visit other Kitware open-source projects at http://www.kitware.com/opensource/opensource.html Please keep messages on-topic and check the CMake FAQ at: http://www.cmake.org/Wiki/CMake_FAQ Follow this link to subscribe/unsubscribe: http://www.cmake.org/mailman/listinfo/cmake
