[geos-devel] RFC7 - Use CMake as build system for GEOS

[Sandro Santilli]

On Thu, Oct 04, 2018 at 08:18:07AM -0400, Daniel Baston wrote:
> > I'm asking if we can have a "make check" rule, generated by CMake,
> > that will run the same tests run by current "make check" rule
> > generated by autotools and with the same important condition of
> > built binaries and libraries _NOT_ moving out of the build tree.
> >
> > Also I'd like to have a "make dist" and "make distcheck" and
> > of course the other custom ones ("apidoc"/"doxygen"/"pdf",
> > "gen-ChangeLog" etc.)
> 
> Can you clarify how this request relates to your proposal to drop CMake
> entirely? If this question can be answered to your satisfaction, do you still
> wish to drop CMake? (I'm hesitant to spent time investigating if you're not
> interested in the answer.)

Proposal of dropping CMake is only driven by raised concerns about
contributors confusion. I don't care if CMake is kept, as long as
I (as a contributor) don't have to maintain it.

--strk;