[CMake] Waf build tool

[Félix C. Morency]

I took a close look to Waf some months ago while searching for the ideal
build tool for the projects I had to port. I used to talk a lot with the
author and found out that the Waf build system isn't superior at all to
other alternatives like CMake. Also, the author just don't care about other
OS than Linux (that is partly why KDE haven't made the switch to Waf). In
continuation with this idea, the MSVC support is very (very) poor. Also, the
author isn't very mind opened (to new ideas). And he don't like CMake ;).

The author might have good ideas although but I don't like the way it is
implemented.

Regards,
Félix C. Morency

Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2007 19:38:28 -0500
From: "Brandon Van Every" <bvanevery at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [CMake] Waf build tool
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On Dec 16, 2007 1:11 PM, Gonzalo Garramuño <ggarra at advancedsl.com.ar> wrote:
>
> In summary, thanks.  But, no thanks.  With all those problems I did not
> even bother checking the speed.

I got a chuckle out of their self-description on
http://www.ohloh.net/tags/build/make , which one might view as a short
list of open source build tools.  "Though it comes last in the arena
of the build systems, we believe that Waf is a vastly superior
alternative to its competitors (Autotools, Scons, Cmake, Ant, etc) for
building software, and especially for open-source projects...."  Yep,
that's why it's in the top tier of Popular tools!  :-)  There's
something to be said for tooting your own horn, but not to the extent
of making oneself soft or complacent about a competitor's
capabilities.  I think the day that CMake has really "won" the build
tool wars, we'll be seeing shelfs full of books at Barnes & Noble and
tons of jobs listing it as a "must have" skill.  I wonder where Waf
thinks it is, relative to all of that.  Happy with the $0 "we really
don't have to bother with Windows" open source market?


Cheers,
Brandon Van Every
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