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[Craig <weberc2@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hey folks, due to the complexities of Cmake projects, I was wondering if
there has been any discussion regarding an elementary project editor? If
not, I was thinking such a thing could

1) create/setup a new elementary project

2) provide for project configuration (adding/removing source files,
libraries, dependencies, etc)

3) execute builds (CMake + make)

4) eventually become an elementary IDE

I'm sure there are other advantages as well, but far as I can tell,
starting and building CMake projects is the most significant barrier to the
elementary development environment, and such a solution would allow
otherwise proficient programmers to make sizable contributions without
having to waste their time (and that of everyone they ask for help) getting
around CMake.

To be clear, I'm not proposing this for Luna, but as a consideration for
the future.