From memory, rule of thumb for Linux support has been to compile on latest releases of major (top ~5 so) Linux distors. Supporting the latest Ubuntu LTS is nice too.
Switching to CMake 3.x would be nice since it allows us to remove the dreaded "BLENDER_SORTED_LIBS". On Thu, Aug 31, 2017 at 6:38 PM, Dalai Felinto <dfeli...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > Ubuntu 14.04 is "stuck" with CMake 2.8. It's a LTS so they won't > upgrade their CMake. And it's still quite inside our 5 year support > goal. > What exactly do we need from CMake 3.x? If we really need CMake 3.0, > can we at least update install_deps.sh to handle cmake as well? > > Regards, > Dalai > -- > blendernetwork.org/dalai-felinto > www.dalaifelinto.com > > > 2017-08-20 17:02 GMT+02:00 Jörg Müller <nex...@gmail.com>: >> Hi everyone, >> >> a discussion about our cmake version has started after I merged audaspace >> into blender2.8. Audaspace requires cmake 3.0 as opposed to blender's main >> cmake file which so far requires cmake 2.8. >> >> Now since a version bump has been in discussion already a year ago according >> to Campbell, we think this is a good time to actually do it. Last time it >> was postponed because Debian was not ready. So now I had a look at the >> current versions of cmake in the major distributions [1]: >> >> ubuntu (17.04) - 3.7.2 >> ubuntu LTS (16.04) - 3.5.1 >> debian (stable) - 3.7.2 >> opensuse (42.3) - 3.5.2 >> fedora (F26) - 3.8.2 >> pclinuxos - 3.7.2 >> centos (6) - 2.8.12 (3.6.1 in EPEL) >> arch - 3.8.2 >> mageia (6) - 3.7.2 >> slackware (14.2) - 3.5.2 >> gentoo - 3.7.2 >> >> According to this list, pretty much everyone should be able to get at least >> cmake 3.5 running. Therefore, I bumped the cmake version to 3.5 which allows >> us to use newer cmake features now. >> >> Cheers, >> Jörg >> >> [1] https://pkgs.org/download/cmake >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Bf-committers mailing list >> Bf-committers@blender.org >> https://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers > _______________________________________________ > Bf-committers mailing list > Bf-committers@blender.org > https://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers -- - Campbell _______________________________________________ Bf-committers mailing list Bf-committers@blender.org https://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers