Re: [boost] Switch to CMake -- Analysis

On 22/07/2017 10:29, degski via Boost wrote:

On 22 July 2017 at 10:17, Daniela Engert via Boost wrote:

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Yet another dependency - yay!

Thisisi a rather big word, isn't it? Just dump the exe in a folder included in the path and forget about it.

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With every suggestion on how to get around deficiencies of CMake when it comes to actually build (and test) something things are getting more complicated.

It's a deficiency of nmake jom is fixing, not of CMake.

Just to disagree, I think it's a deficiency (one of the biggest one) of CMake because CMake, as a "build" tool, does not support parallel builds because it depends on other build tools, including bad ones. I really don't understand why CMake can't build things directly, it's one of its biggest deficiencies. One of the most important requirements of a build tool is to build software *fast* and *portably*, without having to rely on other programs. Best, Ion