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: Multi-platform build system Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2011 09:55:09 +0900 Message-ID: <87aa948k9e.fsf@catnip.gol.com> References: <83pqi01rcl.fsf@gnu.org> <87vcrsbgzb.fsf_-_@wanadoo.es> <87fwiw8mcy.fsf@catnip.gol.com> <87r52gbei6.fsf@wanadoo.es> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1318553722 3511 80.91.229.12 (14 Oct 2011 00:55:22 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2011 00:55:22 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: =?utf-8?Q?=C3=93scar?= Fuentes Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Oct 14 02:55:18 2011 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([140.186.70.17]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1REW3S-0002mz-Hc for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 14 Oct 2011 02:55:18 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:60714 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1REW3R-0000aV-Mk for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 13 Oct 2011 20:55:17 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:35024) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1REW3O-0000aE-By for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 13 Oct 2011 20:55:15 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1REW3N-0003H9-1C for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 13 Oct 2011 20:55:14 -0400 Original-Received: from smtp12.dentaku.gol.com ([203.216.5.74]:46371) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1REW3M-0003Gt-N8; Thu, 13 Oct 2011 20:55:12 -0400 Original-Received: from 61.245.23.167.eo.eaccess.ne.jp ([61.245.23.167] helo=catnip.gol.com) by smtp12.dentaku.gol.com with esmtpa (Dentaku) (envelope-from ) id 1REW3K-0003CZ-Om; Fri, 14 Oct 2011 09:55:10 +0900 Original-Received: by catnip.gol.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 02564DFBD; Fri, 14 Oct 2011 09:55:09 +0900 (JST) System-Type: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu In-Reply-To: <87r52gbei6.fsf@wanadoo.es> (=?utf-8?Q?=22=C3=93scar?= Fuentes"'s message of "Fri, 14 Oct 2011 02:31:13 +0200") Original-Lines: 18 X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV GOL (outbound) X-Abuse-Complaints: abuse@gol.com X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-Received-From: 203.216.5.74 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:145173 Archived-At: =C3=93scar Fuentes writes: > Experience shows that a cmake spec usually is a fraction of the > length of the equivalent autoconf+automake/Makefile spec, > line-wise. Maintenance work is proportionally reduced. It's easier > to add new features, too. Off-topic, but I'm quite skeptical of this claim, compared to automake. Makefile.am files tend to be pretty darn close to the minimal amount of information required to build (in typical cases: a list of source files), and very easy to extend. Automake's implementation is not very pretty, but the interface presented to the user is extremely good. -Miles --=20 Cannon, n. An instrument employed in the rectification of national boundari= es.