On Wed, Aug 5, 2015 at 7:10 AM, Scott Aron Bloom <sc...@towel42.com> wrote: > =================== > IMO, this is one of the biggest shortcomings of CMake. I understand the > heritage of the CMake world being "make file" based.. I really do.. And I > love having a true "out of source" make file generator for when I am doing my > Linux based development. And I don’t mind having a src tree, a build, a > build.rel, build.32 and a build.rel.32 etc etc for every possible > configuration I need. > > However, when on windows, in VS, having at a minimum of two build directories > (64 vs 32) is a major downside of CMake. > > I understand if its not in the 3.X timeframe, as I would expect it to be a > major change.. But IMO, being able to have architecture as well as build > types in one VS project (as well as xcode) would be a major improvement for > the community. > Scott
I don't do any Windows development, so I didn't realize this. But to change CMake (even 4.x) to accommodate this seems strange to me. I mean, for the Linux/Unix developers out there, it "works". While there was an earlier argument that the vast majority of users are Windows-based, if we consider just developers, then I don't think the difference is that large. In any case, as alluded to in the other thread, why not develop a Windows-way of creating CMakeLists.txt -- i.e., create another project (WMake or WCMake :-P ) that generates partially compatible CMakeLists.txt ... Or maybe VS should be including this as a feature in their IDE, instead? Alternatively, perhaps we should just admit that Windows and Linux-based development are different. And CMake supports "cross-platform development (including Windows) for Linux-based developers". Not suggesting it should turn away Windows-based developers, but just admit that it was created with a Linux/Unix mindset (for better or worse) and can't satisfy all development paradigms... Ray -- Powered by www.kitware.com Please keep messages on-topic and check the CMake FAQ at: http://www.cmake.org/Wiki/CMake_FAQ Kitware offers various services to support the CMake community. For more information on each offering, please visit: CMake Support: http://cmake.org/cmake/help/support.html CMake Consulting: http://cmake.org/cmake/help/consulting.html CMake Training Courses: http://cmake.org/cmake/help/training.html Visit other Kitware open-source projects at http://www.kitware.com/opensource/opensource.html Follow this link to subscribe/unsubscribe: http://public.kitware.com/mailman/listinfo/cmake
