> The following email thread (3 years ago) suggests that we would like to > move to one official build system in the long-run across all platforms, > but that there were barriers to using CMake: > http://marc.info/?i=kmrd28$e1k$1%20()%20ger%20!%20gmane%20!%20org > > Have those issues been resolved? > > Is the opinion among currently active LyX developers also that we would > like to move to CMake as the official build system? > > Is CMake currently used for our official builds on Mac and Win? > > I don't know much about build systems and I don't have a strong opinion > on this. I just start this conversation now because of: > > (1) the recent discussion about making the release process easier/faster > (2) it seems like a conversation that should be had at the beginning of > a major release cycle > > From what I understand, most developers on Linux use autotools. I can't > tell if this is because that is what most developers have experience > with or if it is because autotools has other advantages.
If there is a move to CMake, I recommend the use of the GNUInstallDirs module <https://cmake.org/cmake/help/v3.4/module/GNUInstallDirs.html>. This alleviates a lot of pain on platforms with "non-standard" installation locations.
