[webkit-dev] CMake as a build system?

[Adam Treat]

Sure.  Having Bill's and Kitware's help will hopefully make it easier to 
produce such a demo using CMake.  I pledge to help.

We can start with this:

http://trac.webkit.org/log/trunk/CMakeLists.txt?rev=17853

Cheers,
Adam

On Friday 16 April 2010 05:34:45 pm Eric Seidel wrote:
> I don't see this as a decision needing pre-approval.
> 
> This is a decision needing code.  No one has tried to make Mac, Win,
> or other ports use a common system yet.  Obviously converting them in
> the end requires buy-in from those ports.  But producing a demo
> doesn't/shouldn't.
> 
> I eventually plan to look at this task.  When I do, I'll take a peek at
> CMake.
> 
> Someone just needs to sit down and build something.  Then we can make
> an informed decision.
> 
> -eric
> 
> On Fri, Apr 16, 2010 at 2:29 PM, Adam Treat <treat at kde.org> wrote:
> > On Friday 16 April 2010 05:10:25 pm Bill Hoffman wrote:
> >> Hi,
> >> 
> >> Adam Treat (treat at kde.org) suggested that I join this list to talk about
> >> CMake as an option for a unified cross platform build solution.  My name
> >> is Bill Hoffman.  I am the lead CMake developer.  My company Kitware
> >> created and supports CMake.  I think CMake would have a lot to offer the
> >> WebKit developers.
> >> 
> >> If you are not familiar with CMake, I did a google tech talk in December
> >> which can be found here:
> >> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Ut9o4OdSC0&feature=youtube_gdata
> >> 
> >> Another article about how KDE switched to CMake can be found here:
> >> "Why the KDE project switched to CMake -- and how"
> >> http://lwn.net/Articles/188693/
> >> 
> >> If you are interested in moving to CMake, I would be interested in
> >> helping.  If you have any questions about CMake, fire away!
> >> 
> >> Thanks.
> >> 
> >> -Bill
> > 
> > I asked Bill to introduce himself here because I think CMake represents
> > the best hope for WebKit to find a way out of the current build system
> > proliferation we are experiencing.  Of the meta-buildsystems in
> > existence I think CMake is by far the most powerful and mature.  CMake
> > is by far the most widespread and supported.  It is already used
> > successfully by Open Source projects of a comparable scope to WebKit and
> > with similar cross-platform needs: LLVM, KDE, Boost.
> > 
> > I know that WebKit already has GYP and QMake meta-buildsystems, but to my
> > knowledge both are inferior to CMake.  In fact, I do not think CMake is
> > lacking in any important way to the features of GYP.
> > 
> > What's more, the WebKit project has already had a CMake based
> > buildsystem. This is what the 'Unity' nascent QtWebkit port used
> > originally.  I think we should re-introduce it and seriously consider
> > using CMake as a cross-platform solution to our build system
> > proliferation issues.
> > 
> > I highly encourage you all to view the google tech talk above as it gives
> > a great introduction to CMake.
> > 
> > Cheers,
> > Adam
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