[Zlib-devel] zlib 1.2.4.2 ready for its close up

[Alon Bar-Lev]

CMake is much too much dependency for simple component such as zlib...
Especially for embedded.
It also has circular dependency... It depends on zlib :)
Also, the cmake progresses too slowly, just look at the bug database
[1] and resolve ratio.
Have you tried cross compile the zlib using cmake? I just tried so and failed.

[1] http://public.kitware.com/Bug/my_view_page.php

On Sat, Apr 10, 2010 at 10:06 PM, Cosmin Truta <cosmin at cs.toronto.edu> wrote:
> On Sat, Apr 10, 2010 at 2:20 PM, Alon Bar-Lev wrote:
>> However, I don't understand why not use autoconf/automake/libtool that
>> makes it easier to support multi-platform environment and re-invent
>> the wheel... Much simpler to rewrite the build and provide proper
>> support for all platforms, cross compile etc..
>
> We do use cmake, which is truly multi-platform, as opposed to the
> autotools, which are only multi-Unix-platform...
>
> As for "easier", I find the current hand-written configure and
> makefile simple and easy enough to understand, debug, and further
> develop. They worked well so far, not to mention that pretty much
> everyone understands make and Bourne shell. The autotools are easy for
> the people who know them well, but, in my 2 cents worth of experience
> and personal opinion, they're not so friendly to newbies -- especially
> to newbies who run into trouble and can't figure out whether it's them
> who're doing something wrong, or it's the autotools that have some
> weird bug.
>
> Best regards,
> Cosmin
>
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