[LLVMdev] creating new llvm project?

[Matthew O'Connor]

On Mon, Aug 12, 2013 at 2:34 PM, Óscar Fuentes <ofv at wanadoo.es> wrote:

> "Matthew O'Connor" <thegreendragon at gmail.com> writes:
>
> > I'm in the process of creating a new LLVM project based on the
> instructions
> > from http://llvm.org/docs/Projects.html.
> >
> > I have a bunch of questions:
> >
> >   1. What is the relationship between CMake and the configure + Makefile
> > build systems for LLVM? If I intend to just use configure + Makefile, do
> I
> > need to worry about any of the CMake stuff?
>
> No, until you submit your project for incorporating into LLVM. At that
> time, you can ask for help or create the CMake stuff by replicating what
> similar parts of LLVM do (it's quite simple and repetitive.)
>
> If your project is not intended to be distributed with LLVM, you can
> ignore CMake (*)
>
> I don't know the traditional build so I can't help you with the other
> questions.
>
> * From time to time some LLVM developer proposes to ditch the
>   traditional build and use CMake only. It can actually happen at some
>   distant future.
>

This project will not be incorporated into LLVM.

How realistic is the possibility of moving to CMake only?
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