Modern Build System =================== (moderator: Patrick; notetaker: brian) * Patrick: three different build system; should get rid of at least one of them * Should delete autoconf because it's not really maintained * Think about a proper build system * Obvious choice: cmake * Taylor: What's the problem with Makefiles * Patrick: Non-standard * Meson is nicer than cmake as an alternative * Jonathan: xz compromise shows autoconf is a risk * Autoconf isn't a problem for distro * Taylor: distro builds that can't handle "make" without configure are a distro problem * Jonathan: Modern build system can reflect the structure of how your code is set up * Declared dependencies * Brian: Rust will make the decision for us: cargo * BSDs use Make (granted, not GNU make) for building * Patrick: Is anyone else in favour of a proper build system * Ninja is way faster than make to build the projects * Taylor: Feels odd to build with a fancy tool that might have a dependency on Git * Dscho: --help is a autoconf feature and removed features are detected * Patrick: Isn't that an argument for cmake over autoconf? Dscho: yes * Kyle: Editor integration is useful * brian: standard structure is helpful for LSPs * Emily: libification has shown that makefile is cumbersome * Jonathan: Should we do a comparison of build systems in terms of what we need from them on the list? Similar to Documentation/technical/unit-tests.txt * Patrick: I can write such a thing. * Patrick: Are their any features we need to consider? * Johannes Sixt: Consider supported platforms * Patrick: Want to verify that cmake is up to the task by testing in CI? * Will volunteer to post something to the list
