| From: | Peter Eisentraut <peter(dot)eisentraut(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com> |
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| To: | Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de> |
| Cc: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Craig Ringer <craig(dot)ringer(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, Yuriy Zhuravlev <stalkerg(at)gmail(dot)com>, Michael Paquier <michael(dot)paquier(at)gmail(dot)com>, PostgreSQL mailing lists <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: WIP: About CMake v2 |
| Date: | 2017-01-28 03:20:41 |
| Message-ID: | e206d615-3833-8790-7043-2bf883131b08@2ndquadrant.com |
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On 1/27/17 6:11 PM, Andres Freund wrote:
> On 2017-01-27 09:09:36 -0500, Peter Eisentraut wrote:
>> My preferred scenario would be to replace the Windows build system by
>> this first, then refine it, then get rid of Autoconf.
>>
>> The ideal timeline would be to have a ready patch to commit early in a
>> development cycle, then get rid of the Windows build system by the end
>> of it. Naturally, this would need buy-in from Windows developers.
>>
>> I don't foresee replacing the Autoconf build system by this immediately.
>
> I'm very strongly against this path, it seems way too likely that we'll
> end up with yet another fragile thing that nobody from the *nix side
> will be able to test.
That's a fair concern, but at least with CMake, someone from the *nix
side *can* test it, whereas right now it's completely separate.
What kind of strategy do you have in mind?
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Peter Eisentraut http://www.2ndQuadrant.com/
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