[CMake] Waf build tool

[Brandon Van Every]

On Dec 16, 2007 1:11 PM, Gonzalo Garramuño <ggarra at advancedsl.com.ar> wrote:
>
> In summary, thanks.  But, no thanks.  With all those problems I did not
> even bother checking the speed.

I got a chuckle out of their self-description on
http://www.ohloh.net/tags/build/make , which one might view as a short
list of open source build tools.  "Though it comes last in the arena
of the build systems, we believe that Waf is a vastly superior
alternative to its competitors (Autotools, Scons, Cmake, Ant, etc) for
building software, and especially for open-source projects...."  Yep,
that's why it's in the top tier of Popular tools!  :-)  There's
something to be said for tooting your own horn, but not to the extent
of making oneself soft or complacent about a competitor's
capabilities.  I think the day that CMake has really "won" the build
tool wars, we'll be seeing shelfs full of books at Barnes & Noble and
tons of jobs listing it as a "must have" skill.  I wonder where Waf
thinks it is, relative to all of that.  Happy with the $0 "we really
don't have to bother with Windows" open source market?


Cheers,
Brandon Van Every