[CMake] Waf build tool

[Brandon Van Every]

On Dec 18, 2007 3:08 AM, Pau Garcia i Quiles <pgquiles at elpauer.org> wrote:
>
> It's not only waf does not care about Windows but they explicitly do
> not want to support it. That's the reason why KDE4 is using CMake
> instead of SCons or waf.

Heh!  Well it's no different than the FSF's attitude with GNU Autoconf
and GMake.  "Screw Windows" is a meme that will die, I think.  I mean,
as big as Linux has become, Windows is still not going anywhere.
We'll be doing cross-platform dances for quite some time.  Meanwhile
you've got Macs emulating Windows or dual-booting Windows because
that's what consumers actually want.  MS has majorly screwed up with
Vista, but I don't think the Linux crowd is profiting from that, I
think Apple is.

I think we're all pretty settled that Autoconf and GMake are gonna
die.  It's only a question of what tools people will migrate to.  I
agree with Alan that CMake will gain many converts in the near term.
I don't agree that it has to stay that way.

You know, in a lot of ways the FSF is guilty of providing us with
really stable stuff, but really old stuff.  For instance, the FSF
couldn't get GNU/Hurd done, so GNU/Linux took over.  "Screw Windows"
is all very fine and well, but if the pace of your R&D is glacial, the
rest of the open source industry isn't going to sit around waiting for
your Windows-killing software.


Cheers,
Brandon Van Every