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[Johan Hake <johan.hake@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Monday August 9 2010 10:09:26 Johan Hake wrote:
> On Monday August 9 2010 09:46:16 Garth N. Wells wrote:
> > On Mon, 2010-08-09 at 09:41 -0700, Johan Hake wrote:
> > > On Monday August 9 2010 09:25:44 Garth N. Wells wrote:
> > > > On Mon, 2010-08-09 at 09:13 -0700, Johan Hake wrote:
> > > > > Will CMake eventually supersede SCons? If so what are the reason
> > > > > behind such a decision?
> > > > 
> > > > Maybe. CMake is there now for anyone to try (it's not yet complete).
> > > > SCons and CMake can co-exist so we can experiment before making any
> > > > decision.
> > > 
> > > Ok.
> > > 
> > > > We rely on a home-baked SCons (simula-scons), whereas CMake is
> > > > maintained by others. simula-scons is hard for the uninitiated
> > > > (including me) to work with. CMake seems easier (twe'll see if that's
> > > > true after playing around with it). There are quite a few test files
> > > > already available of the shelf for dependencies, and it also has a
> > > > nice GUI which I think users will appreciate.
> > > 
> > > I see these points. I wonder how the daily user experience will be with
> > > CMake. Any unessesary recompilations?
> > 
> > So far, it only seems that the SWIG-generated files are recompiled
> > unnecessarily. I'm sure that that can be fixed.
> 
> Ok, so this means I can go ahead and compile DOLFIN using CMake right now?

That went sweet! Ridiculous simple! The amount of files we need to provide 
were also extremely small.

Nice work Johannes!

Johan

> Looking forward to see how it works!
> 
> > > I have to say that SCons, together with the homebrewed simula-scons
> > > have fitted my need very well. I have also been able to use
> > > simula-scons for other softwares.
> > > 
> > > That said, I know of several large code bases (KDE included) that
> > > ditched SCons for CMake for the same reasons you mention. And I have
> > > also been happy with compiling the CMake dependent libraries DOLFIN
> > > depends on.
> > 
> > Trilinos now uses CMake, and has gone from being a nightmare to build to
> > being easy.
> > 
> > > > Apparently CMake has built-in support for creating packages on Mac
> > > > which is useful.
> > > 
> > > Ok, and Windows packages?
> > 
> > It's claimed to work . . . .
> :
> :)
> 
> Johan
> 
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