[CMake] Re: a ./configure shell script stub (William A. Hoffman)

Alexander Neundorf a.neundorf-work at gmx.net
Tue May 30 10:48:02 EDT 2006


Hi Thomas,

> Von: Thomas Zander <zander at kde.org>
> 
> On Tuesday 30 May 2006 14:58, you wrote:
> > I don't think we want to generate a configure script since it will only
> > run on systems with a unix shell.
> 
> But the 'configure' idea is exactly for that set of people who are used to
> doing so. And, honestly, unix shell (sh) are available everywhere.
> For those that run Windows (and don't have the unixtools installed) the 
> preferred interface is a GUI anyway.

Maybe two things:
-it adds one level of indirection
-it hides (at least a bit) the fact that there is cmake running

Alex

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