[jira] Commented: (THRIFT-797) Converting to cmake from autotools

["Anatol Pomozov (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

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Anatol Pomozov commented on THRIFT-797:
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What are the benefits of CMake?

If you are looking for better build system I would recommend Tup then. http://gittup.org/tup/make_vs_tup.html

> Converting to cmake from autotools
> ----------------------------------
>
>                 Key: THRIFT-797
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/THRIFT-797
>             Project: Thrift
>          Issue Type: Test
>          Components: Build Process
>         Environment: cmake
>            Reporter: Pierre-Alexandre St-Jean
>         Attachments: 0001-Make-thrift-compiler-and-cpp-part-compile-with-cmake.patch
>
>
> Replace automake by cmake
> This patch only has parts done ie: the compiler and cpp compiler part.
> This would affect all the project and is only a test. The advantages of cmake is that is is available easily on all platforms and generates makefiles for lots of systems. The only disavantage is that cmake would be a requirement even for non developers would want to build thrift. Also thrift would ease for the port on windows.
> Alternatives would be scons and waf. I am currently doing a test with waf build system too (advantage of waf is that it is standalone and can be packaged with the app)

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