Switch from autotools to CMake

[cknadler]

Autotools is a pain. Migrate the build to CMake.

[cknadler]

Sticking with autotools for now.

[russplaysguitar]

Are you just trying to clean up your issues list, or what?

[cknadler]

No, I actually spent a bit of time looking into CMake yesterday (and about 20 other build tools: article). I know how autotools works, for the most part, and CMake just really doesn't seem like it will be better or easier in any way for this project.

The only reason I was looking into it in the first place was that someone mentioned that it was a "more modern" version of autotools, but this was far from true.

[russplaysguitar]

Hmm, good to know! autotools ftw

[cknadler]

I still don't like it at all. If you find a good alternative (or a real convincing argument for CMake) let me know.

[russplaysguitar]

You've seen qmake?

[cknadler]

Read about it a bit in that article I linked. Have you used it?

[russplaysguitar]

ya, a bit. it generates makefiles for you, which is nice.

i just read up on scons and it looks promising.

[cknadler]

One of the only things I have against scons is that it is primarily hosted on Sourceforge... It could be the best thing since sliced bread but...Sourceforge???...come on now :-1:

[cknadler]

I like the fact that it is python though. The thing that turned me off of CMake was the language.

[russplaysguitar]

agreed. unfortunately, since github is still relatively new to the open source scene we are going to have to wait a while for legacy projects to catch up with the rest of us.

[russplaysguitar]

ya, writing build scripts in python sounds rad

[russplaysguitar]

oh it looks like you could use Apache Ant, even though it is usually for Java projects