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From: John Smith <witchspace81@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [Bitcoin-development] Reconsider build system change?
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Also important: it supports cross compiling:

http://www.cmake.org/Wiki/CMake_Cross_Compiling

JS

On Sat, Jul 2, 2011 at 7:29 AM, John Smith <witchspace81@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> Why again did we choose for autotools as future build system instead of
> cmake?
>
> - CMake generates native build scripts for Make (all platforms), XCode,
> Visual Studio. Autoconf only does Make.
>
> - CMake has a clearer syntax, m4/autotools is very convoluted
>
> - CMake is very fast
>
> - CMake is supported natively in Qt Creator in the QT SDK, and is used by
> many other KDE/QT as well as other open source applications. Many people
> discourage the use of autotools for new projects.
>
> A CMake build system for bitcoin is already integrated into rpcminer,
> available here:
>
> http://luke.dashjr.org/programs/bitcoin/w/puddinpop-bitcoin-pool.git/tree
>
> JS
>

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<br>Also important: it supports cross compiling:<br><br><a href=3D"http://w=
ww.cmake.org/Wiki/CMake_Cross_Compiling">http://www.cmake.org/Wiki/CMake_Cr=
oss_Compiling</a><br><br>JS<br><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Sat, Jul 2=
, 2011 at 7:29 AM, John Smith <span dir=3D"ltr">&lt;<a href=3D"mailto:witch=
space81@gmail.com">witchspace81@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1p=
x #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">Hello,<br><br>Why again did we choose for a=
utotools as future build system instead of cmake?<br><br>- CMake generates =
native build scripts for Make (all platforms), XCode, Visual Studio. Autoco=
nf only does Make.<br>
<br>- CMake has a clearer syntax, m4/autotools is very convoluted<br>
<br>- CMake is very fast<br><br>- CMake is supported natively in Qt Creator=
 in the QT SDK, and is used by many other KDE/QT as well as other open sour=
ce applications. Many people discourage the use of autotools for new projec=
ts.<br>

<br>A CMake build system for bitcoin is already integrated into rpcminer, a=
vailable here:<br><br><a href=3D"http://luke.dashjr.org/programs/bitcoin/w/=
puddinpop-bitcoin-pool.git/tree" target=3D"_blank">http://luke.dashjr.org/p=
rograms/bitcoin/w/puddinpop-bitcoin-pool.git/tree</a><br>
<font color=3D"#888888">
<br>JS<br>
</font></blockquote></div><br>

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