[dot] KDE Switches To CMake

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URL: http://dot.kde.org/1151688350/

From: anonymous coward <>
Dept: now-even-our-build-system-rocks
Date: Friday 30/Jun/2006, @10:25

KDE Switches To CMake
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   The KDE4 build system is now centered around CMake
[http://www.cmake.org/]. If you are a developer, CMake will be much
easier to learn, handle and maintain than what you are used to so far.
Alexander Neundorf [http://people.kde.nl/neundorf.html], who took upon
himself a big share of the actual work required for the switch, has
published Why the KDE project switched to CMake -- and how
[http://lwn.net/Articles/187923/] on the LWN.net [http://lwn.net/]
development pages. He outlines the considerations that led to choosing
CMake over competing tools, shows why CMake is a better fit than the
autotools used in KDE 1, 2 & 3, provides a short introduction into CMake
[http://wiki.kde.org/tiki-index.php?page=KDECMakeIntro] file syntax. He
even allows some insights into the current KDE4 development state. Hot
on the heels of KDE, Scribus is switching
[http://rants.scribus.net/2006/05/20/cmake-rocks/] as well.