Received: from sog-mx-1.v43.ch3.sourceforge.com ([172.29.43.191] helo=mx.sourceforge.net) by sfs-ml-1.v29.ch3.sourceforge.com with esmtp (Exim 4.76) (envelope-from ) id 1QcyPD-0004SS-FD for bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net; Sat, 02 Jul 2011 11:30:35 +0000 Received-SPF: pass (sog-mx-1.v43.ch3.sourceforge.com: domain of bluematt.me designates 208.79.240.5 as permitted sender) client-ip=208.79.240.5; envelope-from=bitcoin-list@bluematt.me; helo=smtpauth.rollernet.us; Received: from smtpauth.rollernet.us ([208.79.240.5]) by sog-mx-1.v43.ch3.sourceforge.com with esmtps (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.76) id 1QcyP8-0000gE-Mh for bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net; Sat, 02 Jul 2011 11:30:35 +0000 Received: from smtpauth.rollernet.us (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtpauth.rollernet.us (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7496C594008 for ; Sat, 2 Jul 2011 04:30:09 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail.bluematt.me (unknown [IPv6:2001:470:9ff2:2:20c:29ff:fe16:f239]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: @bluematt.me) by smtpauth.rollernet.us (Postfix) with ESMTPSA for ; Sat, 2 Jul 2011 04:30:07 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [IPv6:2001:470:9ff2:1:2c0:caff:fe33:858b] (unknown [IPv6:2001:470:9ff2:1:2c0:caff:fe33:858b]) by mail.bluematt.me (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 889114EE5 for ; Sat, 2 Jul 2011 13:30:15 +0200 (CEST) From: Matt Corallo To: bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net In-Reply-To: References: Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg="pgp-sha1"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-kYBcJr+lxcYaWJb7SCj5" Date: Sat, 02 Jul 2011 13:30:14 +0200 Message-ID: <1309606214.2285.54.camel@Desktop666> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.32.2 X-Rollernet-Abuse: Processed by Roller Network Mail Services. Contact abuse@rollernet.us to report violations. Abuse policy: http://rollernet.us/abuse.php X-Rollernet-Submit: Submit ID 17d3.4e0f013f.43694.0 X-Spam-Score: -1.5 (-) X-Spam-Report: Spam Filtering performed by mx.sourceforge.net. See http://spamassassin.org/tag/ for more details. -1.5 SPF_CHECK_PASS SPF reports sender host as permitted sender for sender-domain -0.0 SPF_HELO_PASS SPF: HELO matches SPF record -0.0 SPF_PASS SPF: sender matches SPF record X-Headers-End: 1QcyP8-0000gE-Mh Subject: Re: [Bitcoin-development] Reconsider build system change? X-BeenThere: bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.9 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 02 Jul 2011 11:30:35 -0000 --=-kYBcJr+lxcYaWJb7SCj5 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I dont think anyone really made a conscious decision one way or the other, someone submitted an autotools patch and thus people started talking about when we were going to merge autotools. That said, the autotools stuff needs redone before it would be merged anyway. So it would be up to whoever writes the build system. However, autotools is more standard than CMake, and since its a shell script, you dont have to install CMake which doesnt come standard on almost any distros (AFAIK). Matt On Sat, 2011-07-02 at 08:13 +0000, John Smith wrote: >=20 > Also important: it supports cross compiling: >=20 > http://www.cmake.org/Wiki/CMake_Cross_Compiling >=20 > JS >=20 > On Sat, Jul 2, 2011 at 7:29 AM, John Smith > wrote: > Hello, > =20 > Why again did we choose for autotools as future build system > instead of cmake? > =20 > - CMake generates native build scripts for Make (all > platforms), XCode, Visual Studio. Autoconf only does Make. > =20 > - CMake has a clearer syntax, m4/autotools is very convoluted > =20 > - CMake is very fast > =20 > - CMake is supported natively in Qt Creator in the QT SDK, and > is used by many other KDE/QT as well as other open source > applications. Many people discourage the use of autotools for > new projects. > =20 > A CMake build system for bitcoin is already integrated into > rpcminer, available here: > =20 > http://luke.dashjr.org/programs/bitcoin/w/puddinpop-bitcoin-pool.= git/tree > =20 > JS >=20 > -------------------------------------------------------------------------= ----- > All of the data generated in your IT infrastructure is seriously valuable= . > Why? It contains a definitive record of application performance, security= =20 > threats, fraudulent activity, and more. Splunk takes this data and makes= =20 > sense of it. IT sense. And common sense. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/splunk-d2d-c2 > _______________________________________________ Bitcoin-development maili= ng list Bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge= .net/lists/listinfo/bitcoin-development --=-kYBcJr+lxcYaWJb7SCj5 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) iQIcBAABAgAGBQJODwE4AAoJEBrh01BD4I5UJ0kP/RVvCz7uguQ1+Y8MSX2pVSHW 7o4A6TsOwvqfqgTadDM3VYNrc37u/vhcQD61GPfu8EVOmKLkltNrOAPJia0qzJ1u 67drPbI1dSRTLgX+vfQAKZbHXlACBjrah2g5pUGhllfT+LxB3aLH+0dYUZV46qYy 1MR+nyH8tygozLBEojqrItq3mJuTtbecYTO+r2GNwBiRCEmU9qAymzPfjAz8rX4i LZkeBGi125FjVGBna9YuD+lC0AtbhHKmf+99OZ7CeQ+H9nTf0zHIQa1N5o0vDqWG AYS6FxzTUsMsXxvaRYfY8qk4BLKsicSaf1bHlUVy6R57nMY9qgNJkwMdVW2qECJR DpDwDJwGfp/k8IWSU+KfycDUreZ0HDJru1xay8hm7IMF41pI8bEZHEQvigA1zV3h p/T+4iE8G8oAN9Z9OAY7pHWC/R+CS/BAkTfZqhd8mH1lt/4dBJ6ZN0LhfWihYs/d hOqyvjmaxuITrnIbZ7tyVjwLF7T1spHCglosFTd4GWo2RYyIpYi4Q9q/nBEfT0Nj ar6N9LUM6DenBJuOYAaaliFzlCMmUYF39hEo9pdPGeqR3gPrV7PoNdPBvMr2Bp4j Me7XMEvEnloyXX28kk3LwRS2/1U0XPIZ9LeDn+2xSGq1DEh5JpOTksHLcUhtuKYM pVGyTURxzGTdZPf57Sbp =UsNX -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-kYBcJr+lxcYaWJb7SCj5--