[sldev] CMake

[Lawson English]

Bill Hoffman wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am Bill Hoffman, a CMake developer from Kitware (www.kitware.com).
> I noticed that you were considering using CMake instead of scons.  
> This was the
> same switch that the KDE folks made last year.   If you are interested 
> in reading
> about the KDE experience you can read this article:
>
> http://lwn.net/Articles/188693/
>
> In addition to providing a cross platform build system, CMake includes 
> CTest
> and CPack.   CTest is a testing system that can populate dashboards 
> like these:
>
> http://public.kitware.com/dashboard.php?name=cmake
>
> CPack is a tool used to create installers like NullSoft on windows, and
> debian packages on linux.  I use it to create the binary releases of 
> CMake.
>
> I will "lurk" on your list, and answer any questions you might have 
> about CMake.

As a Mac programmer, I gotta ask: how's the Mac OS X support?

Lawson