[CMake] GSOC 2018 CMake Project for Kodi

[mike lojkovic]

Alright, signing up for a community college course does suffice. I'm
definitely interested in this project.

My actual computer is going to be down for at least a few more days. The
damn thing sprung a leak, and Performance pcs is out of the right tubes.
(using mobile for now) I should be back up and running by the end of the
week. I'll get the formal application in around then.

On Mar 7, 2018 5:52 AM, "Craig Scott" <craig.scott at crascit.com> wrote:

> You may want to have a look at the new FetchContent
> <https://cmake.org/cmake/help/latest/module/FetchContent.html> module
> added in the 3.11 release (currently in release candidate stage). It
> already brings a production-tested dependency downloading system, but still
> leaves how to build those dependencies up to the project. It may form a
> good basis for the GSoC work and I can probably answer questions related to
> that module if needed.
>
> Also consider other existing systems which may have already sufficiently
> solved this problem for you or at least be useful for showing how aspects
> of the work could be done. There are a number of popular systems worth
> checking out that are often mentioned on this list, including hunter,
> Spack, cget and others (I'll let the various stakeholders in the relevant
> projects chime in with their views rather than me potentially misrepresent
> some).
>
>
> On Wed, Mar 7, 2018 at 7:57 PM, Kolja Lampe <razze at kodi.tv> wrote:
>
>> Hey everybody,
>>
>> the Kodi Team is also offering a CMake related Project.
>> Please check it out:
>>
>> *Description:* Kodi has its own system for building the many libraries
>> Kodi depends on that supports most platforms (Linux, Android, OS X, iOS)
>> and cross-compiling called depends. At the moment, it is implemented with
>> autotools and hand-crafted Makefiles. This has lead to a lot of code
>> duplication, poor maintainability, and not being very user-friendly. Also,
>> it does not currently work on Windows. This task would be about replacing
>> the current system with a new implementation in CMake that has better
>> maintainability.
>>
>> *Expected outcome:* A CMake-based dependency build system that offers
>> roughly the same features as depends (i.e. all required libraries covered,
>> diverse platform support, crosscompilation). If the solution can also be
>> applied to Windows by e.g. adding minimal CMake files to replace some
>> UNIX-only build systems, that would be a big plus, but it is not necessary.
>>
>> *Skills preferred:* CMake, shell scripting, general familiarity with
>> UNIX/Linux
>>
>> *Possible mentors:* wsnipex
>>
>> *Difficulty:* Medium
>>
>> *Type:* Infrastructure/Automation
>>
>> https://kodi.wiki/view/Google_Summer_of_Code/2018#Replacing_
>> depends_with_a_CMake-based_system
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
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