The autotools ( automake + libtool + autoconf + ... ) generate many big files that they have been slowing the building's computation and growing enormously their cvs/svn/git/hg repositories because of generated files. To see below interesting links: 1. http://dot.kde.org/1172083974/ 2. http://sam.zoy.org/lectures/20050910-debian/ 3. https://lwn.net/Articles/188693/ 4. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_Build_Tools 5. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_Automake The benefits could be: * +40% faster in the KDE4 building vs KDE 3.5.6. * elimination of redundant and unnecesary generated files as those from autotools. * smaller cvs/svn/git/hg repositories. * less errors/crashes when it's configuring. * can be improved the cmake's sources for better performance's gain. * good and long maintainance life. I hope if the files for cmake+make can be well integrated in GCC 4.4 J.C.Pizarro - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
