[CMake] Patch to apply! Changing the default name"CMakeLists.txt"! Introduction to "Common Build System"

[Brandon Van Every]

On Jan 15, 2008 7:39 PM, Alexander Neundorf <a.neundorf-work at gmx.net> wrote:
>
> Adding a layer written in cmake on top of cmake doesn't sound good IMO. I
> think my main problem with autotools was that they were a set of tools, you
> had to learn and know each of them, and if one of them failed I was
> completely lost. Let's not go this route with cmake.

I dislike Automake + Autoconf + Make + Libtool because they're
fragile.  So was Xlib / Xt / Motif back when I was doing that many
years ago.  Layers break easily, especially when the layers are not
based on any kind of type safety, but are just layer upon layer of
macro stuff.  CMake is definitely better integrated than the Automake
toolchain.  I would encourage Martin to help with further CMake
integrations and improvements.


Cheers,
Brandon Van Every