[cairo] building cairo (was Re: 1.10 release schedule)

[Koen Kooi]

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On 11-01-10 18:40, Brent Fulgham wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> On Fri, Jan 8, 2010 at 4:48 AM, Theo Veenker <T.J.G.Veenker at uu.nl> wrote:
>> IIRCC a few years back there was some talk about using cmake instead of the
>> autotools. I believe it was considered unwise to spend time on setting up
>> a new build system instead of working on cairo itself.
> 
> Coincidentally, I just got this alert from Google today on using CMake
> for projects.
> 
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Ut9o4OdSC0&feature=sdig&et=1263004671.39
> 
> I've played with a few projects that use CMake, and found it to be
> quite easy to use (as a 'client').  This would probably be a good
> option if an alternative build system was being considered.  It's nice
> because it uses a text based format, and generates Makefiles on UNIX
> systems, Xcode projects, and Visual Studio projects (for various
> versions of Visual Studio).

And sucks ass if you want to crosscompile, which the cairo autotools can
do nicely.
Of all the gives-us-world-peace-where-autotools doesnt, scons, cmake,
waf et al plain suck for crosscompiling. Maybe in 10 years they will,
but currently....

regards,

Koen
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