[llvm] r232135 - Updating GettingStarted documentation to reference CMake as the preferred way to build LLVM.

Justin Bogner mail at justinbogner.com
Fri Mar 13 11:56:09 PDT 2015


Chris Bieneman <beanz at apple.com> writes:
> On Mar 13, 2015, at 1:29 AM, Justin Bogner <mail at justinbogner.com> wrote:
>> While this is kind of required knowledge to use cmake at all, I find it
>> a bit verbose for a getting started section. Could we instead give a
>> concrete example of something useful and explain where to learn about
>> customization? Ie,
>>
>>    * ``cmake -G Ninja -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release <path to llvm sources>``
>>
>>      To use ``make`` or an IDE, or to customize the build type and
>>      options, see …
>
> I actually like it this way. This is consistent with the way the documentation
> was in the past, and there are more concrete examples further down.
>
> Anyone from the community want to be a tie breaker?

I don't feel strongly enough to argue about it - the way you've written
it is fine :)




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