Sure. Having Bill's and Kitware's help will hopefully make it easier to produce such a demo using CMake. I pledge to help.
We can start with this: http://trac.webkit.org/log/trunk/CMakeLists.txt?rev=17853 Cheers, Adam On Friday 16 April 2010 05:34:45 pm Eric Seidel wrote: > 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
