From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Miles Bader Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: CMake build anyone? Date: Tue, 27 Jul 2010 08:32:58 +0900 Message-ID: <87pqy9kedx.fsf@catnip.gol.com> References: <87aapfxyhc.fsf@telefonica.net> <87wrsjwijl.fsf@telefonica.net> <83mxtfb7uo.fsf@gnu.org> <874ofnw8j4.fsf@telefonica.net> <83hbjnaqli.fsf@gnu.org> <837hkib28j.fsf@gnu.org> <87y6cxucgt.fsf@telefonica.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1280187206 906 80.91.229.12 (26 Jul 2010 23:33:26 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 26 Jul 2010 23:33:26 +0000 (UTC) To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Jul 27 01:33:25 2010 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OdXAg-0002OG-8y for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 27 Jul 2010 01:33:22 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:47417 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1OdXAf-0002Tf-KM for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 26 Jul 2010 19:33:21 -0400 Original-Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=38812 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1OdXAY-0002SO-Mz for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 26 Jul 2010 19:33:15 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OdXAX-0002EY-Nv for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 26 Jul 2010 19:33:14 -0400 Original-Received: from lo.gmane.org ([80.91.229.12]:60516) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OdXAX-0002EL-FP for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 26 Jul 2010 19:33:13 -0400 Original-Received: from list by lo.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OdXAV-0002Lo-57 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 27 Jul 2010 01:33:11 +0200 Original-Received: from 218.231.154.125.eo.eaccess.ne.jp ([218.231.154.125]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 27 Jul 2010 01:33:11 +0200 Original-Received: from miles by 218.231.154.125.eo.eaccess.ne.jp with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 27 Jul 2010 01:33:11 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-Lines: 15 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: 218.231.154.125.eo.eaccess.ne.jp System-Type: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu Cancel-Lock: sha1:MAtwe7o6l+31TY6dijCinkFPgLQ= X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:127861 Archived-At: Stefan Monnier writes: > As I said, I think it's a good idea, but Emacs being what it is, it'll > probably only end up doing it many years from now (just like it took > ages for Emacs to adopt ANSI C, and to fully make use of autoconf). That's probably for the better anyway, as there's currently no obvious winner among the "new gen build systems," and all have their problems. Maybe in a few years, there will be more of a consensus (perhaps someone will do what Linus did with git -- get sick of the whole sordid mess, and finally do it right). -Miles -- Patience, n. A minor form of despair, disguised as a virtue.