[CMake-Promote] not so nice cmake comments

[Brandon J. Van Every]

Brandon J. Van Every wrote:
> Bill Hoffman wrote:
>>
>> http://groups.google.com/group/sci.physics/browse_thread/thread/3cbf6ea649cecf2c/6e218e6e925a81ce?q=cmake&rnum=6#6e218e6e925a81ce 
>>
>>
>> I wonder if this guy posted something on the cmake list that was not 
>> answered?
>
> It appears he's the kind of techie that doesn't like asking questions 
> in the 1st place, but instead prefers to Google for his own answers.  
> He didn't get much from doing that.  This says to me that while the 
> mailing list support is excellent, it cannot hope to reach all users.  
> Better documentation is needed to reach "uncommunicative" techies.  Or 
> better pumping of search engines with CMake search terms.

It's also becoming clear that he doesn't care much about Visual Studio, 
has complex build needs, and was expecting a magic wand.

I must admit, if you already know GNU Autoconf, and you have no 
intention of ever shipping on VS, I don't see a justification for the 
CMake learning curve.  But if you don't know either, and intend to stay 
on Unix, perhaps a sales pitch for CMake can be devised.

Another thing that can be done, is educate people that build systems 
don't magically solve complex build problems for you.  Perhaps 
comparisons of relative complexity for really big projects would be 
useful here.  Take 2 really big projects with similar Lines of Source 
Code count.  Compare Lines of Build Code, and also speed of the builds.


Cheers,
Brandon Van Every