[ros-dev] Build process changes...

[Adam Kachwalla]

Does this mean the back-end for make (for various IDE project/workspace  
files) will be replaced by CMake instead? If so this sounds good; let's  
see if Fireball is around. :)

Definitely better than duplicating effort.

On Sun, 13 Jun 2010 21:42:46 +1000, Timo Kreuzer <timo.kreuzer at web.de>  
wrote:

>
> After Olaf's mentioning of increased buildtimes I'd like to throw 2
> different, independent and major changes to our build process into
> discussion. One is about rbuild and one is about the file layout. I'd
> like to start with the rbuild related topic.
>
> What I suggest only for consideration, is a move away from rbuild and
> instead using CMake.
> CMake is available for Windows and *nix, for Windows both as commandline
> ans as a lightweight gui tool.
> It is capable of translating a portable buildfile format into different
> makefile formats, including nmake and project files for VS and
> CodeBlocks. It seems incredibly fast compared to rbuild and probably
> provides every feature we ever need. Although the syntax is a tiny bit
> more complex than rbuild files, it's much better than writing makefiles.
> Adding support for building with MSVC should be relatively easy. It's
> not really a suggestion, as I'm not sure about all the details, but I
> think it's worth reviewing and taking into consideration.
>
> The second thing is about the file layout. I will post a seperate mail  
> soon.
>
> Regards,
> Timo
>
>
>
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