Bug#895044: [debhelper-devel] Bug#895044: debhelper: add support for Ninja with CMake

2018-04-09 Thread Kyle Edwards
On 04/07/2018 01:30 AM, Niels Thykier wrote: Thanks. :) I am glad it worked. :) My VTK package is currently building with cmake+ninja in sid, and leaving cmake+makefile in the dust. I love it. Thank you so much! Mmm, the reason why make does not fail is that we have a crude (but functional

Bug#895044: [debhelper-devel] Bug#895044: debhelper: add support for Ninja with CMake

2018-04-06 Thread Niels Thykier
Control: tags -1 pending Kyle Edwards: > [...] > > Just tested it, and I like it. > Thanks. :) I am glad it worked. :) > One thing I did notice is that if your project doesn't have tests, you > have to turn on nocheck when switching to cmake+ninja, because the ninja > buildsystem fails if no

Bug#895044: [debhelper-devel] Bug#895044: debhelper: add support for Ninja with CMake

2018-04-06 Thread Kyle Edwards
On 04/06/2018 04:15 PM, Niels Thykier wrote: Control: tags -1 +patch Kyle Edwards: Package: debhelper Version: 11.1.6 Severity: wishlist Dear Maintainer, Large projects which use CMake, such as VTK, take a long time to build with the Makefile generator, and see significant build time improvem

Bug#895044: [debhelper-devel] Bug#895044: debhelper: add support for Ninja with CMake

2018-04-06 Thread Niels Thykier
Control: tags -1 +patch Kyle Edwards: > Package: debhelper > Version: 11.1.6 > Severity: wishlist > > Dear Maintainer, > > Large projects which use CMake, such as VTK, take a long time to build > with the Makefile generator, and see significant build time improvements > when being built with the

Bug#895044: debhelper: add support for Ninja with CMake

2018-04-06 Thread Kyle Edwards
On 04/06/2018 10:18 AM, Niels Thykier wrote: On Fri, 06 Apr 2018 10:08:24 -0400 Kyle Edwards wrote: Package: debhelper Version: 11.1.6 Severity: wishlist Dear Maintainer, Large projects which use CMake, such as VTK, take a long time to build with the Makefile generator, and see significant bu

Bug#895044: debhelper: add support for Ninja with CMake

2018-04-06 Thread Niels Thykier
On Fri, 06 Apr 2018 10:08:24 -0400 Kyle Edwards wrote: > Package: debhelper > Version: 11.1.6 > Severity: wishlist > > Dear Maintainer, > > Large projects which use CMake, such as VTK, take a long time to build > with the Makefile generator, and see significant build time improvements > when bei

Bug#895044: debhelper: add support for Ninja with CMake

2018-04-06 Thread Kyle Edwards
Package: debhelper Version: 11.1.6 Severity: wishlist Dear Maintainer, Large projects which use CMake, such as VTK, take a long time to build with the Makefile generator, and see significant build time improvements when being built with the Ninja generator instead. Please consider adding support