[ros-dev] cmake rant

[Timo Kreuzer]

Hi,

Several times now cmake build has been broken. Time for some action!

Last meeting I asked everyone to test/use cmake. It was also mentioned 
that if questions arise, we (Amine and me) would be happy to help out. I 
can't remember anyone has asked how it works, so I assume noone had any 
problems. There's also a pretty good wiki entry describing the whole 
procedure for n00bs.

Now people tell me it's complicated, people are complaining that its 
ridiculous to have 2 build systems, etc.
And probably noone has ever tried it.

We really need to move on.
I don't like having 2 build systems as well.

Current blocker is the debugging which has some issues, Arty is working 
on that. Another problem is a boot problem on real hardware, but no I 
don't know on which configuration it doesn't work, so we need more 
people testing it on their real hardware setup and report any issues.

Here's a list with current issues:
http://www.reactos.org/wiki/CMake_Todo

So please:
If you are missing something, let us know.
If you like to make it better, make suggestions.
But stop ignoring cmake!

If noone cares and everyone just thinks he can give a s^Z damn until we 
officially switch, then we can as well delete all cmake stuff and keep 
rbuild. It has a lot of awesome advantages, like you only have to type 
one command to build everything and you don't need to install cmake and 
you can export whatever you want from kernel32 even if the functions 
don't exist. Also you can enjoy the rbuild-loop again and again.

Or we can do it the hard way and delete rbuild, so people are forced to 
use cmake. I'm sure this approach would be *really* appreaciated.

Thanks,
Timo