On Wed, 2008-12-03 at 10:22 +0100, Kevin Kofler wrote: > Ralf Corsepius wrote: > > > On Mon, 2008-12-01 at 22:28 -0500, Jens Petersen wrote: > > > >> I would add: > >> > >> * do not start new projects using autotools as far as possible > > > > I would recommend you to stop spreading FUD. > > What FUD? > > There's an alternative which is: > * easier to learn, > * more portable, > * more backwards-compatible (with its own previous versions), > * faster, > * generating nicer makefiles (progress percentages, color output), > * designed in a better way (information is kept in central places instead of > being copied into hundreds of projects), > * used by more and more software, including big projects like KDE 4. > > It's called CMake. See, all FUD, you simply are spraying hatred against something you don't understand or don't want to understand. To me, cmake is * not easier to learn, just different * non-portable/inflexible. * overladden with non-helpful gimmicks like progress percentages and color output * a crack ridden design (using a central database), reinvention of imake, comprising it's design flaws. * a kde proprietary tool. -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
