[Qt5-feedback] Build system requirements for Qt5

[Oswald Buddenhagen]

On 06/07/11 14:16, ext Bill Hoffman wrote:
> On 6/7/2011 6:23 AM, Oswald Buddenhagen wrote:
>> but there is certainly room for borrowing some code or at least
>> algorithms - cmComputeLinkInformation.cxx for example is a bonanza of
>> well-researched obscure stuff.
>
> CMake might still be CMake, but with a dual "UI".  I think what we are
> talking about is providing a new input specification to CMake.
 >
no. cmake won't be suddenly a completely different beast just because 
you put a different shell around it.

> It
> certainly would not be in the best interest of CMake for you to fork
> some of the c++ code out of CMake and create a new build system.
 >
nobody claimed that.

> I don't think it would be in the best interest of Qt either.
 >
i'm ready to take that bet. ;)

> CMake is full of obscure stuff that has been tested and well researched.
 >
it's undeniable that cmake has a "slight" headstart over anything we or 
anybody else might come up with.
but this advantage is also your handicap. you look at everything from 
the "how can we fit that into cmake?" perspective. we don't. we want 
more, much more.