On 4-Dec-08, at 5:43 PM, Helio Chissini de Castro wrote:

> On Quinta 04 Dezembro 2008, Michael Pujos wrote:
>>> Anyways, like I said, my ears are open. I want to be clear that even
>>> by discussing this, there's no guarantee that we'll accept it. I'm
>>> interested in learning more about CMake, but I'm cautious because I
>>> know how much these build systems can be. I haven't had time to play
>>> with your CMakeLists.txt yet, but if I haven't commented on it again
>>> by like December 20th, poke me. :)
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Albert
>>
>> Here's my 2 cents:
>>
>> On Windows, cmake is much much better than SCons. With Scons on a  
>> nearly
>> 3 year old notebook (1,7Ghz, 2Gb RAM) it takes nearly 15-20 seconds  
>> on MSVC
>> before it compiles the first file. It feels very slow and painful.  
>> Using
>> the cmake patch posted on the list, you don't need to launch the slow
>> python for each compile, and the
>> build is like any other MSVC project. You can also compile a single  
>> file
>> using CTRL-F7. So to make it short, with MSVC cmake wins hands down.
>> As both build system do not interfere they can both coexist in the
>> source tree.
>
> I have a personal branch with 100% cmake done at Mandriva lab. Was  
> done with
> svn right before the last summer of code merge.
> Linux only, but ready. If anyone interested, i just drop the patch.
>

Sure, might as well throw it at us and see if there's anything useful  
in it. Thanks Helio!

Michael: Thanks for the cmake feedback. If other people have  
experiences they'd like to share about it (or cmake vs. scons), please  
follow up!

As a side note, cmake appears to have given their website a much- 
needed makeover since the last time I visited it: http://www.cmake.org/
Although, I don't get the little grey head with an integral over  
medicine at the bottom. His brain contains the sum of all medicine?  
(Dr. House?)

Albert





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