[webkit-dev] Build system complexity

[Ojan Vafai]

An added benefit of removing the VS build system first would be that we'd be
able to build using VS2005 or VS2008.

On Thu, Aug 12, 2010 at 10:36 AM, Adam Barth <abarth at webkit.org> wrote:

> Eric and I discussed this recently.  We think the easiest path forward
> is to try to remove build systems incrementally.  Each build system we
> remove makes it easier to hack on the project because you have one
> less build system to worry about.  The easiest build system to remove
> is probably the Visual Studio build system.  There's some complexity
> there because several ports use the vcproj files (e.g., apple-win,
> win-cairo, and wince as I recall).  My understanding (based on past
> emails) is that either CMake or GYP would be workable.
>
> I'm not sure there's anything blocking this work.  We just need
> someone to be interested enough in making it happen to do it.
>
> Adam
>
>
> On Thu, Aug 12, 2010 at 2:53 AM, Jeremy Orlow <jorlow at chromium.org> wrote:
> > Are there currently any plans for simplifying the situation regarding
> build
> > systems?  I haven't seen any threads for a while, which I assume means
> no.
> > Is there any low hanging fruit out there?  Since many of the build
> systems
> > are little more than lists of files, it really seems like we should be
> able
> > to do some sort of consolidation.  Or reduce the process down to updating
> > one file and then running a script that updates/generates the rest.
> >  Currently, I cringe every time I find out I need to add a new file.
> > In addition, has anyone ever looked at simplifying the mac port's xcode
> > project?  It's _by far_ the heaviest burden on the project given that you
> > pretty much need to use xcode (which is mac only...no other port requires
> > this), exported linker symbols are in a separate file, extra effort to
> > expose a new file in WTF to WebCore, extra effort to expose a new file in
> > WebCore to WebKit, etc.  Has anyone recently looked at how the mac build
> > could be simplified--especially from the perspective of contributors
> whose
> > main development platform isn't a mac?
> > Thanks!
> > Jeremy
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