An added benefit of removing the VS build system first would be that we'd be able to build using VS2005 or VS2008.
On Thu, Aug 12, 2010 at 10:36 AM, Adam Barth <aba...@webkit.org> wrote: > Eric and I discussed this recently. We think the easiest path forward > is to try to remove build systems incrementally. Each build system we > remove makes it easier to hack on the project because you have one > less build system to worry about. The easiest build system to remove > is probably the Visual Studio build system. There's some complexity > there because several ports use the vcproj files (e.g., apple-win, > win-cairo, and wince as I recall). My understanding (based on past > emails) is that either CMake or GYP would be workable. > > I'm not sure there's anything blocking this work. We just need > someone to be interested enough in making it happen to do it. > > Adam > > > On Thu, Aug 12, 2010 at 2:53 AM, Jeremy Orlow <jor...@chromium.org> wrote: > > Are there currently any plans for simplifying the situation regarding > build > > systems? I haven't seen any threads for a while, which I assume means > no. > > Is there any low hanging fruit out there? Since many of the build > systems > > are little more than lists of files, it really seems like we should be > able > > to do some sort of consolidation. Or reduce the process down to updating > > one file and then running a script that updates/generates the rest. > > Currently, I cringe every time I find out I need to add a new file. > > In addition, has anyone ever looked at simplifying the mac port's xcode > > project? It's _by far_ the heaviest burden on the project given that you > > pretty much need to use xcode (which is mac only...no other port requires > > this), exported linker symbols are in a separate file, extra effort to > > expose a new file in WTF to WebCore, extra effort to expose a new file in > > WebCore to WebKit, etc. Has anyone recently looked at how the mac build > > could be simplified--especially from the perspective of contributors > whose > > main development platform isn't a mac? > > Thanks! > > Jeremy > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 >
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