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From: Sibi Siddharthan <sibisiddharthan.github@gmail.com>
To: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Cc: Sibi Siddharthan via GitGitGadget <gitgitgadget@gmail.com>,
	git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/8] CMake build system for git
Date: Sat, 25 Apr 2020 01:20:27 +0530	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAKiG+9V_nZUXf2a689vZ54rG+xTCFMGcJe_7Av-khaxxuijERg@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <xmqqv9lod85m.fsf@gitster.c.googlers.com>

On Sat, Apr 25, 2020 at 12:26 AM Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:
>
> "Sibi Siddharthan via GitGitGadget" <gitgitgadget@gmail.com> writes:
>
> > This is an attempt to build Git using CMake.
>
> What is your longer-term plan on this one?  Would the ultimate goal
> be
>
>  (1) to maintain both CMake and Makefile and keep them in sync?
>
>  (2) force all the Git developers (not users or binary packagers)
>      start using cmake and abandon Makefile, and let CMake generate
>      Makefile?
>
>  (3) something else?
>
> Given that bootstrapping CMake typically takes a working "make", by
> definition, if you drop Makefile from our shipped source tree, the
> audience you can support on minority platforms would be smaller than
> what we have.  It is not negotiable that we keep Makefile as a valid
> way to build Git, and the Makefile must be tweakable for those on a
> minority platforms when things do not go the way they want to (the
> tweakability is most needed on minority/exotic platforms).
>
> W ith either (1) or (2) above, I have a feeling that engineering
> burden to divert resources to add cmake support (with sustainable
> plan to keep "fixable/tweakable" Makefile that is in sync) alone
> would already be high enough.  It is unclear the reason why we want
> to pay all that cost---to gain what?  Other than to make those who
> like CMake feel happier, that is.
>
> I do not want to sound overly negative in my first response, but you
> might thank whoever says "no" early before you invest too much time
> on this topic, so I'll send the above before even reading these 8
> patches.
>
> Thanks for your interest in the project.
>

Hi Junio,

The goal would be to maintain a CMake build for Git keeping it in sync
with the Makefile.
The Makefile is not going to be replaced at all. The CMake script for
now only supports Linux and Windows.
It does not support BSD, Solaris and others, whereas the Makefile does
support them.

The reason for introducing CMake is primarily for compiling git on
Windows and to do out of source builds.
I think the CMake script makes it easier to build Git as it does the
necessary function and header checks and generates the
required compile definitions.

I would like to say that the proposed CMake build system is meant to
complement the currently used Makefile, not to replace it at all.

Thank You,
Sibi Siddharthan

PS: Sorry for the multiple emails:)

  reply	other threads:[~2020-04-24 19:50 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 179+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-04-24  4:01 [PATCH 0/8] CMake build system for git Sibi Siddharthan via GitGitGadget
2020-04-24  4:01 ` [PATCH 1/8] Introduce CMake support for configuring Git on Linux Sibi Siddharthan via GitGitGadget
2020-04-24 17:05   ` Danh Doan
2020-04-24 21:06     ` Sibi Siddharthan
2020-04-24 22:56       ` Danh Doan
2020-04-25  3:50         ` Sibi Siddharthan
2020-04-25 13:34     ` Johannes Schindelin
2020-04-25 17:07   ` brian m. carlson
2020-04-25 17:36     ` Randall S. Becker
2020-04-25 18:01       ` Philip Oakley
2020-04-25 18:11     ` Sibi Siddharthan
2020-04-24  4:01 ` [PATCH 2/8] cmake: generate the shell/perl/python scripts and templates, translations Sibi Siddharthan via GitGitGadget
2020-04-24 17:19   ` Danh Doan
2020-04-24 21:19     ` Sibi Siddharthan
2020-04-24  4:01 ` [PATCH 3/8] cmake: installation support for git Sibi Siddharthan via GitGitGadget
2020-04-24 17:23   ` Danh Doan
2020-04-24 21:24     ` Sibi Siddharthan
2020-04-24  4:01 ` [PATCH 4/8] cmake: support for testing git with ctest Sibi Siddharthan via GitGitGadget
2020-04-24 17:28   ` Danh Doan
2020-04-24 21:26     ` Sibi Siddharthan
2020-04-24  4:01 ` [PATCH 5/8] cmake: support for testing git when building out of the source tree Sibi Siddharthan via GitGitGadget
2020-04-24 17:34   ` Danh Doan
2020-04-24 21:32     ` Sibi Siddharthan
2020-04-24 23:09       ` Danh Doan
2020-04-25  3:57         ` Sibi Siddharthan
2020-04-24  4:01 ` [PATCH 6/8] cmake: support for building git on windows with mingw Sibi Siddharthan via GitGitGadget
2020-04-24 17:39   ` Philip Oakley
2020-04-24 20:29     ` Sibi Siddharthan
2020-04-25 11:37       ` Philip Oakley
2020-04-25 12:09         ` Sibi Siddharthan
2020-04-24  4:01 ` [PATCH 7/8] cmake: support for building git on windows with msvc and clang Sibi Siddharthan via GitGitGadget
2020-04-24 17:39   ` Danh Doan
2020-04-24 21:35     ` Sibi Siddharthan
2020-04-24  4:01 ` [PATCH 8/8] ci: modification of main.yml to use cmake for vs-build job Sibi Siddharthan via GitGitGadget
2020-04-24 17:45   ` Danh Doan
2020-04-24 21:41     ` Sibi Siddharthan
2020-04-24 21:44     ` Johannes Schindelin
2020-04-24 18:56 ` [PATCH 0/8] CMake build system for git Junio C Hamano
2020-04-24 19:50   ` Sibi Siddharthan [this message]
2020-04-24 21:43     ` Junio C Hamano
2020-04-25  4:09       ` Sibi Siddharthan
2020-04-25 12:56         ` Philip Oakley
2020-04-25 13:29           ` Johannes Schindelin
2020-04-25 14:12             ` Sibi Siddharthan
2020-04-25 14:28               ` Johannes Schindelin
2020-04-25 14:38                 ` Sibi Siddharthan
2020-04-25 14:49                   ` Johannes Schindelin
2020-04-25 14:57                     ` Sibi Siddharthan
2020-04-26  0:41                       ` Danh Doan
2020-04-26  4:30                         ` Sibi Siddharthan
2020-04-25 12:24       ` Johannes Schindelin
2020-04-27 20:08         ` Jeff King
2020-04-27 20:12           ` Jeff King
2020-04-28 13:52             ` Danh Doan
2020-04-28 21:07               ` Jeff King
2020-04-29  8:42                 ` Sibi Siddharthan
2020-05-01 19:32                   ` Johannes Schindelin
2020-05-02 14:31                     ` Sibi Siddharthan
2020-05-02 14:58                       ` Randall S. Becker
2020-05-02 15:48                       ` Junio C Hamano
2020-05-03 15:33                         ` Sibi Siddharthan
2020-05-03 17:21                           ` Junio C Hamano
2020-05-03 19:42                             ` Konstantin Tokarev
2020-05-03 19:50                               ` Junio C Hamano
2020-05-04 14:31                               ` Johannes Schindelin
2020-05-04 21:59                                 ` Konstantin Tokarev
2020-05-05  4:16                                   ` Sibi Siddharthan
2020-05-05  6:16                                     ` Junio C Hamano
2020-05-05 16:23                                       ` Sibi Siddharthan
2020-05-05 18:17                                         ` Junio C Hamano
2020-05-06 18:43                                           ` Sibi Siddharthan
2020-05-07 11:48                                             ` Đoàn Trần Công Danh
2020-05-06 21:27                                         ` Johannes Schindelin
2020-05-07 20:54                                   ` Johannes Schindelin
2020-05-02 13:21                   ` Danh Doan
2020-05-02 14:50                     ` Sibi Siddharthan
2020-05-02 15:02                       ` Danh Doan
2020-05-02 15:16                         ` Sibi Siddharthan
2020-04-27 21:17           ` Junio C Hamano
2020-04-27 21:56             ` Michal Suchánek
2020-04-27 22:09             ` Jeff King
2020-04-27 22:23               ` Elijah Newren
2020-04-27 23:16                 ` Junio C Hamano
2020-04-28  5:36                 ` Jeff King
2020-05-12 16:50 ` [PATCH v2 00/11] " Sibi Siddharthan via GitGitGadget
2020-05-12 16:50   ` [PATCH v2 01/11] Introduce CMake support for configuring Git on Linux Sibi Siddharthan via GitGitGadget
2020-05-12 20:59     ` Junio C Hamano
2020-05-13 20:21       ` Sibi Siddharthan
2020-05-12 16:50   ` [PATCH v2 02/11] cmake: generate the shell/perl/python scripts and templates, translations Sibi Siddharthan via GitGitGadget
2020-05-12 21:19     ` Junio C Hamano
2020-05-13 20:07       ` Sibi Siddharthan
2020-05-12 16:50   ` [PATCH v2 03/11] cmake: installation support for git Sibi Siddharthan via GitGitGadget
2020-05-12 16:50   ` [PATCH v2 04/11] cmake: support for testing git with ctest Sibi Siddharthan via GitGitGadget
2020-05-12 16:50   ` [PATCH v2 05/11] cmake: support for testing git when building out of the source tree Sibi Siddharthan via GitGitGadget
2020-05-12 16:50   ` [PATCH v2 06/11] cmake: support for building git on windows with mingw Sibi Siddharthan via GitGitGadget
2020-05-14 15:25     ` Đoàn Trần Công Danh
2020-05-14 18:27       ` Sibi Siddharthan
2020-05-12 16:50   ` [PATCH v2 07/11] cmake: support for building git on windows with msvc and clang Sibi Siddharthan via GitGitGadget
2020-05-12 16:50   ` [PATCH v2 08/11] cmake: added checks for struct stat and libiconv Sibi Siddharthan via GitGitGadget
2020-05-12 21:16     ` Junio C Hamano
2020-05-13 20:05       ` Sibi Siddharthan
2020-05-14  2:00         ` Junio C Hamano
2020-05-14 15:31     ` Đoàn Trần Công Danh
2020-05-14 18:31       ` Sibi Siddharthan
2020-05-12 16:50   ` [PATCH v2 09/11] cmake: relocated script file contrib/buildsystems Sibi Siddharthan via GitGitGadget
2020-05-12 21:09     ` Junio C Hamano
2020-05-13 20:08       ` Sibi Siddharthan
2020-05-12 16:50   ` [PATCH v2 10/11] cmake: parse the makefile for the sources Sibi Siddharthan via GitGitGadget
2020-05-12 21:03     ` Junio C Hamano
2020-05-13 19:57       ` Sibi Siddharthan
2020-05-13 20:23         ` Junio C Hamano
2020-05-12 16:50   ` [PATCH v2 11/11] ci: modification of main.yml to use cmake for vs-build job Sibi Siddharthan via GitGitGadget
2020-05-12 21:27     ` Junio C Hamano
2020-05-13 19:45       ` Sibi Siddharthan
2020-05-25 19:16         ` Sibi Siddharthan
2020-05-25 20:03           ` Junio C Hamano
2020-05-25 20:56             ` Sibi Siddharthan
2020-05-25 21:40               ` Johannes Schindelin
2020-05-29 13:40   ` [PATCH v3 0/8] CMake build system for git Sibi Siddharthan via GitGitGadget
2020-05-29 13:40     ` [PATCH v3 1/8] Introduce CMake support for configuring Git Sibi Siddharthan via GitGitGadget
2020-05-29 19:27       ` Junio C Hamano
2020-05-30 18:50         ` Sibi Siddharthan
2020-05-31 16:17           ` Junio C Hamano
2020-05-30  8:00             ` Johannes Schindelin
2020-05-30 13:17       ` Đoàn Trần Công Danh
2020-05-29 13:40     ` [PATCH v3 2/8] cmake: generate the shell/perl/python scripts and templates, translations Sibi Siddharthan via GitGitGadget
2020-05-29 19:27       ` Junio C Hamano
2020-05-30 18:56         ` Sibi Siddharthan
2020-06-08 20:07           ` Sibi Siddharthan
2020-06-08 22:10             ` Junio C Hamano
2020-05-29 13:40     ` [PATCH v3 3/8] cmake: installation support for git Sibi Siddharthan via GitGitGadget
2020-05-29 13:40     ` [PATCH v3 4/8] cmake: support for testing git with ctest Sibi Siddharthan via GitGitGadget
2020-05-30 13:49       ` Đoàn Trần Công Danh
2020-05-30 19:04         ` Sibi Siddharthan
2020-05-31  1:28           ` Đoàn Trần Công Danh
2020-05-29 13:40     ` [PATCH v3 5/8] cmake: support for testing git when building out of the source tree Sibi Siddharthan via GitGitGadget
2020-05-29 13:40     ` [PATCH v3 6/8] cmake: support for building git on windows with mingw Sibi Siddharthan via GitGitGadget
2020-05-29 13:40     ` [PATCH v3 7/8] cmake: support for building git on windows with msvc and clang Sibi Siddharthan via GitGitGadget
2020-05-30 14:08       ` Đoàn Trần Công Danh
2020-05-30 19:08         ` Sibi Siddharthan
2020-05-29 13:40     ` [PATCH v3 8/8] ci: modification of main.yml to use cmake for vs-build job Sibi Siddharthan via GitGitGadget
2020-05-30 14:14       ` Đoàn Trần Công Danh
2020-05-30 19:13         ` Sibi Siddharthan
2020-06-12 18:29     ` [PATCH v4 0/8] CMake build system for git Sibi Siddharthan via GitGitGadget
2020-06-12 18:29       ` [PATCH v4 1/8] Introduce CMake support for configuring Git Sibi Siddharthan via GitGitGadget
2020-06-15 14:00         ` Øystein Walle
2020-06-15 20:04           ` Sibi Siddharthan
2020-06-12 18:29       ` [PATCH v4 2/8] cmake: generate the shell/perl/python scripts and templates, translations Sibi Siddharthan via GitGitGadget
2020-06-12 18:29       ` [PATCH v4 3/8] cmake: installation support for git Sibi Siddharthan via GitGitGadget
2020-06-12 18:29       ` [PATCH v4 4/8] cmake: support for testing git with ctest Sibi Siddharthan via GitGitGadget
2020-06-15 14:02         ` Øystein Walle
2020-06-15 19:45           ` Sibi Siddharthan
2020-06-12 18:29       ` [PATCH v4 5/8] cmake: support for testing git when building out of the source tree Sibi Siddharthan via GitGitGadget
2020-06-12 18:29       ` [PATCH v4 6/8] cmake: support for building git on windows with mingw Sibi Siddharthan via GitGitGadget
2020-06-15 14:03         ` Øystein Walle
2020-06-15 19:47           ` Sibi Siddharthan
2020-06-18  4:43             ` Junio C Hamano
2020-06-18 19:55               ` Sibi Siddharthan
2020-06-18 20:08                 ` Junio C Hamano
2020-06-18 20:40                   ` Sibi Siddharthan
2020-06-18 21:00                     ` Junio C Hamano
2020-06-19 17:15                       ` Sibi Siddharthan
2020-06-19 17:29                         ` Junio C Hamano
2020-06-12 18:29       ` [PATCH v4 7/8] cmake: support for building git on windows with msvc and clang Sibi Siddharthan via GitGitGadget
2020-06-15 14:04         ` Øystein Walle
2020-06-15 19:56           ` Sibi Siddharthan
2020-06-12 18:29       ` [PATCH v4 8/8] ci: modification of main.yml to use cmake for vs-build job Sibi Siddharthan via GitGitGadget
2020-06-26 16:11       ` [PATCH v5 0/8] CMake build system for git Sibi Siddharthan via GitGitGadget
2020-06-26 16:11         ` [PATCH v5 1/8] Introduce CMake support for configuring Git Sibi Siddharthan via GitGitGadget
2020-06-26 16:11         ` [PATCH v5 2/8] cmake: generate the shell/perl/python scripts and templates, translations Sibi Siddharthan via GitGitGadget
2020-06-26 16:11         ` [PATCH v5 3/8] cmake: installation support for git Sibi Siddharthan via GitGitGadget
2020-06-26 16:11         ` [PATCH v5 4/8] cmake: support for testing git with ctest Sibi Siddharthan via GitGitGadget
2020-06-26 16:11         ` [PATCH v5 5/8] cmake: support for testing git when building out of the source tree Sibi Siddharthan via GitGitGadget
2020-06-26 16:11         ` [PATCH v5 6/8] cmake: support for building git on windows with mingw Sibi Siddharthan via GitGitGadget
2020-06-30  7:25           ` David Aguilar
2020-07-01 17:45             ` Sibi Siddharthan
2020-07-01 17:49               ` Sibi Siddharthan
2020-06-26 16:11         ` [PATCH v5 7/8] cmake: support for building git on windows with msvc and clang Sibi Siddharthan via GitGitGadget
2020-06-26 16:11         ` [PATCH v5 8/8] ci: modification of main.yml to use cmake for vs-build job Sibi Siddharthan via GitGitGadget

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