Phillip Wood <phillip.wood123@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > Hi Patrick > > On 25/09/2024 07:04, Patrick Steinhardt wrote: >> On Wed, Sep 25, 2024 at 02:02:34AM -0400, Eli Schwartz wrote: >> >>> I'm probably biased, but some of these failure modes are *weird*. And >>> they basically never require the CMakeLists.txt to do something >>> considered non-idiomatic in order to trigger the issue. >> All of this is very valuable data to make my case for Meson instead >> of >> CMake. Appreciated, thanks! > > One thing to bear in mind is why our CMakeLists.txt was introduced in > the first place [1]. Visual Studio's CMake integration means that so > long as git-for-windows is installed building git is simply a case of > clicking on a button, there is no need to install extra software or > plugins. I'm not sure the same is true for meson and I don't think we > want to end up supporting both. Is CMake the _only_ thing that is integrated into Visual Studio? Are there other possible candidates that could also be used to build for non-Windows and is usable by this project? > Best Wishes > > Phillip > > [1] > https://lore.kernel.org/git/nycvar.QRO.7.76.6.2004251354390.18039@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/
