[Tooling] Purview of SG15 and cmake

Gabriel Dos Reis gdr at microsoft.com
Fri Feb 23 18:52:26 CET 2018


| -----Original Message-----
| From: tooling-bounces at open-std.org <tooling-bounces at open-std.org> On
| Behalf Of Robin Rowe
| Sent: Friday, February 23, 2018 9:07 AM
| To: tooling at open-std.org
| Subject: Re: [Tooling] Purview of SG15 and cmake
| 
| Thanks everyone, for the feedback on my CMake suggestion.
| 
| Ville Voutilainen said:
| > It doesn't seem wise to standardize a build system that is loathed[1] by
| > a substantial part of the C++ community.
| 
| Can anyone name any build system that isn't loathed by a substantial
| part of the C++ community?

What is the end game of that exercise?

The problem we face isn't really lack of a standard build system.  Rather, it is a lack a standard way to describe C++ software artifacts that is consumable by build tools, packaging tools, and that promote tooling *comprehension* of said artifacts.  It is relatively easy to describe imperatively how an artifacts to be built and installed.  Everybody got that.  What is needed is *comprehension* of the artifact's architecture.

Before we jump onto standardizing a solution, let's take time to ensure we have shared understanding of what the problem is.

-- Gaby



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