[cfe-dev] [LLVMdev] is configure+make dead yet?

[Jean-Daniel Dupas]

Le 28 juin 2012 à 00:18, Óscar Fuentes a écrit :

> Eric Christopher <echristo at apple.com>
> writes:
> 
>>>>> For VS CMake does support project()s
>>>>> which you can open by themselves in the IDE, including all dependencies.
>>> 
>>>> So it doesn't for Xcode? CMake comes with an Xcode generator which had
>>>> (has?) several nasty limitations. Time ago some Apple people were in
>>>> touch with the CMake developers and, IIRC, patches were proposed. I
>>>> guess that the Xcode generator still lacks in quality.
>>> 
>>> I have no idea.
>>> 
>>> I believe Doug when he claims that he used it and it's not measuring up ;)
>> 
>> I've heard this from others as well.
> 
> A CMake generator is not terribly complex. Sadly, I have no access to
> Xcode (nor to a Mac) but I'm sure that any developer with several free
> hours can improve things quite a bit. From the discussions with Apple
> people I mentioned above, it was clear that the CMake developers are
> aware of the inferior quality of the Xcode generator, but they say that
> there is little interest from the Xcode users.

It's a chicken and egg problems. Xcode users don't use cmake because it generates poor Xcode projects.

-- Jean-Daniel