Over the past year or so the WebKitGTK+ port has gradually grown a CMake build, in parallel to the existing autotools build. Our motivation for this work is to reduce the number of build systems in WebKit, escape some long-standing bugs in the autotools build, and to speed up build times.
With the closing of https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=115966 the CMake build is feature complete. Over the course of the upcoming six month release cycle, we will be trying to phase out the autotools build in favor of the CMake one. Some of the changes on this path include: * Switching the buildbots and EWS to use the new build * Adding Windows and Mac support for the GTK+ CMake build * Making development and, eventually, stable releases For a time, I kindly request that authors writing GTK+-specific patches consider both the autotools and CMake GTK+ builds in their patches. Hopefully within the next couple months, we can announce the complete removal of the autotools build. I'd like to apologize ahead of time for the inconvenience, as we iron out the final bugs. With luck, the future will be much simpler and smoother for everyone. --Martin _______________________________________________ webkit-gtk mailing list [email protected] https://lists.webkit.org/mailman/listinfo/webkit-gtk
