Ok. We won’t raise the minimum CMake version for all of WebKit right now then, just on Windows when we start requiring VS2022.
> On Jan 22, 2022, at 1:44 PM, Carlos Alberto Lopez Perez via webkit-dev > <webkit-dev@lists.webkit.org> wrote: > > On 22/01/2022 01:51, Alex Christensen via webkit-dev wrote: >> While we’re updating things, is there any objection to updating the >> minimum version of CMake required? Right now it is 3.12, which was >> released in 2018. Does anyone have any limitations we should consider >> when picking a new minimum version? >> > > Yes. > > CMake is one of the core dependencies for GTK and WPE ports, so the > policy of dependencies applies [1] > > In practical terms that means that we should support the version of > CMake shipped by Debian 10, which is CMake 3.13 until at least 2022-08-14. > > However, If the purpose of raising the version is to take advantage of > the new Visual Studio generator then I don't think raising the minimum > version is needed. > > As far as I know you can take advantage of newer CMake features (like > support for a newer generator) without needing to raise the minimum > version required. > > So if you have a newer version of CMake you can simply pass the flag > -G"Visual Studio 17 2022" (or similar). Raising the minimum version > required of CMake is not needed to use a newer CMake generator, using it > can be made optional for those that want (and can) use it. > > > [1] https://trac.webkit.org/wiki/WebKitGTK/DependenciesPolicy > _______________________________________________ > webkit-dev mailing list > webkit-dev@lists.webkit.org > https://lists.webkit.org/mailman/listinfo/webkit-dev _______________________________________________ webkit-dev mailing list webkit-dev@lists.webkit.org https://lists.webkit.org/mailman/listinfo/webkit-dev
