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mtangoo / wxDatabase

wxWidgets library for connecting to major relational database
http://mtangoo.github.io/database/index.html
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Add Solid Cross platform Build System #2

Closed mtangoo closed 8 years ago

mtangoo commented 8 years ago

Create Build System for wxDB

manyleaves commented 8 years ago

From what I can tell, wxWidgets itself has gone to CMake so I guess it makes sense to use CMake instead of bakefile. I've made several attempts to get CMake going for my builds but with no real success. I tried to convert my vc_9 projects using vcproj2cmake but (at the time) chose to hand-write my vc_11 projects instead of learning all the innards of CMake. Maybe someone else already has the experience with CMake to get a first draft of a CMakeLists.txt! I'd be happy to test the Visual Studio projects it creates.

patlkli commented 8 years ago

wxWidgets still uses Bakefile for project generation. Since Bakefile 1.x however, they're kinda stuck. The new version still lacks some required features and requires a complete rewrite of the bakefiles because the syntax is completely different. Nobody has the knowledge and time to do those changes.

A switch to CMake is also discussed, but since it should be backwards compatible, there is quite a lot of effort involved.

I already did some work on some Bakefiles for wxDatabase and I try to look into them this evening and check if they are ready to be released to the public.

However, I also have a lot of projects using CMake and my impression is, that in comparison to Bakefile, it's much more mature and stable. I think, CMake would be the best solution in the long term.

mtangoo commented 8 years ago

@patlkli I'm glad to see you again. I agree with you on all points. I have one request though. You can release them even if they are not ready and say what is missing. Someone can pick from there and finish it up. @manyleaves what do you think of this?

mtangoo commented 8 years ago

@manyleaves I missed your comment. I will try to get CMake working with MySQL. I hope that will be good one to serve as template. Meanwhile, @patlkli will update us on Bakefile status, if its ready for release and then we can use it while we look into CMake as the future

mtangoo commented 8 years ago

I just pushed up initial support for CMake, that supports MySQL only for now. Can you guys test and see if it works fine with VS? @manyleaves @patlkli

mtangoo commented 8 years ago

We are going with CMake. b6b8a5a8f4456f7a122137afd7a49c61e16a89f9 already fixes this and provides skeleton for others. Support for different DB should got to different issues