I don't see this as a decision needing pre-approval. This is a decision needing code. No one has tried to make Mac, Win, or other ports use a common system yet. Obviously converting them in the end requires buy-in from those ports. But producing a demo doesn't/shouldn't.
I eventually plan to look at this task. When I do, I'll take a peek at CMake. Someone just needs to sit down and build something. Then we can make an informed decision. -eric On Fri, Apr 16, 2010 at 2:29 PM, Adam Treat <tr...@kde.org> wrote: > On Friday 16 April 2010 05:10:25 pm Bill Hoffman wrote: >> Hi, >> >> Adam Treat (tr...@kde.org) suggested that I join this list to talk about >> CMake as an option for a unified cross platform build solution. My name >> is Bill Hoffman. I am the lead CMake developer. My company Kitware >> created and supports CMake. I think CMake would have a lot to offer the >> WebKit developers. >> >> If you are not familiar with CMake, I did a google tech talk in December >> which can be found here: >> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Ut9o4OdSC0&feature=youtube_gdata >> >> Another article about how KDE switched to CMake can be found here: >> "Why the KDE project switched to CMake -- and how" >> http://lwn.net/Articles/188693/ >> >> If you are interested in moving to CMake, I would be interested in >> helping. If you have any questions about CMake, fire away! >> >> Thanks. >> >> -Bill > > I asked Bill to introduce himself here because I think CMake represents the > best hope for WebKit to find a way out of the current build system > proliferation we are experiencing. Of the meta-buildsystems in existence I > think CMake is by far the most powerful and mature. CMake is by far the most > widespread and supported. It is already used successfully by Open Source > projects of a comparable scope to WebKit and with similar cross-platform > needs: LLVM, KDE, Boost. > > I know that WebKit already has GYP and QMake meta-buildsystems, but to my > knowledge both are inferior to CMake. In fact, I do not think CMake is > lacking in any important way to the features of GYP. > > What's more, the WebKit project has already had a CMake based buildsystem. > This is what the 'Unity' nascent QtWebkit port used originally. I think we > should re-introduce it and seriously consider using CMake as a cross-platform > solution to our build system proliferation issues. > > I highly encourage you all to view the google tech talk above as it gives a > great introduction to CMake. > > Cheers, > Adam > _______________________________________________ > webkit-dev mailing list > webkit-dev@lists.webkit.org > http://lists.webkit.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/webkit-dev > _______________________________________________ webkit-dev mailing list webkit-dev@lists.webkit.org http://lists.webkit.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/webkit-dev