Cross-platform project automation

[ktbarrett]

Makefiles work, but aren't cross-platform.

Possibilities:

• Python implementation of make like pymake
  • Most developers have a Python installation on their system.
  • Most developers are familiar with make
  • pymake isn't maintained anymore and I'm not sure of the level of support for gmake
• CMake
  • Existing requirement for building
  • Not as easy to write as makefiles or Python
  • munging of build system and project management makes using the CMake project that much harder.
• Custom Python scripts
  • Maintainance baggage
  • Very flexible

[ktbarrett]

Invoke, a general-purpose task library.