Automake and autoconf are only required for Thrift developers. Users who download the tarball only need a shell and make. I would not like our users to have to download cmake.
--David Pierre-Alexandre St-Jean wrote: > It would replace automake,autoconf with cmake. > > The required dependency would become : > > - thrift > - cmake > - boost > - bison > - flex > > i did not search what libtool is used for maybe it would not be needed > anymore. > > Boost is compatible with msvc (visual studio compiler) mingw/cygwin would > not be required anymore. > > What is complicated for now is all the dependencies of automake / autoconf , > it requires perl and others. > -- > Pierre-Alexandre St-Jean > > > On Mon, May 17, 2010 at 7:18 PM, David Reiss <dre...@facebook.com> wrote: > >> What software requirements would this place on users who download >> the source tarball? >> >> --David >> >> Pierre-Alexandre St-Jean wrote: >>> Hi, i've got a suggestion (and is new here). >>> >>> Maybe it would be more practical to convert thrift to cmake or scons to >>> compile git. This would ease compilation on windows (and in general ) >>> andmaintenance of the project. >>> >>> if not, i am starting to look at jira's bugs and will submit patches for >>> some. I only have to attach the patch to the ticket ? >>> -- >>> Pierre-Alexandre St-Jean
