Re: Is a modern build system acceptable for older platforms

On 2018-05-03 09:29:32 +0900, Yuriy Zhuravlev wrote:
> >
> > I don't think that unsubstantiated hyperbole is the right way to
> > approach the task of convincing the community to adopt the approach
> > you prefer.
>
>
> It's not a hyperbole it's fact and I even talked about it on conference.
> You should just compare all my cmake files with Makefile+.in+.m4 (and msvc
> folder) it was significant reduce code to maintain.
> Anyway all my intention in this field it's to reduce pain and reduce suppor
> time for build system.
> Curren state:
>
> cat `find ./ | grep '\.in\|\.m4\|Makefile\|\/msvc\/'` | wc
> 22942 76111 702163
>
> cat `find ./ | grep 'CMakeLists\|\.cmake'` | wc
> 9160 16604 278061

Given that you don't have feature parity this just seems like trolling.

> and also, I use code style when a source file names every time on new
> line... it's serious increase numbers of line.
> If compare the same style as in Makefile it will be ~3000 (you can just
> compare words ;) )

Right, because m4 is uses so few lines.