On Sun, 7 May 2017, Øyvind Kolås wrote: > If cmake (or perhaps meson http://mesonbuild.com/ ?) truely is so easy > to use and provides big benefits, a patch that should be simple to > make that uses this or a script that automigrates contents from > autofoo files demonstrating the cross platform and building benefits > would be appreciated. Until the proof of concept is better than what > we currently have the incentive to switch to something requiring more > work for transitioning is unlikely.
Well... I ain't gonna do that for GIMP, of course, but moving all of Krita from automake to cmake was really easy, made it much easier for others to add stuff, make the build system way more clear... And didn't take a lot of time. In 2006, that is, more than eleven years ago. I'm just offering this as a data point; Krita is only about twice as big as GIMP when it comes to lines of code, so it might be relevant. Also, all open source VFX related projects are using cmake these days. I have no opinion on Mesa, and I don't particularly _like_ cmake, but it's to autoconf and automake like auto* is to xmake. > The GNOME project which hosts GIMP (and related projects) source code > and issue trackers are considering changes to which > software/infrastructure these are hosted on, GIMP and related projects > will likely follow along + if and when such infrastructure migration > happens. Personally I would look forward to better bug/issue reporting > and tracking, as bugzilla has evolved I think it contains too many > mystery fields and drop-downs that confuse rather than guide the issue > tracking progress. And, of course, no sane open source/free software project should make github its main location. It's like hosting ones stuff on sourceforge; insane. -- Boudewijn Rempt | http://www.krita.org, http://www.valdyas.org _______________________________________________ gimp-developer-list mailing list List address: gimp-developer-list@gnome.org List membership: https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-developer-list List archives: https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gimp-developer-list
