Re: [ANN] build2 - C++ build toolchain

2016-02-03 Thread Boris Kolpackov
Hi Thiago, Thiago Macieira writes: > Then you should be able to provide a couple of benefits. I agree. However, I don't like to "sell" vaporware and wax poetic about how build2 will be better than CMake in the future because right now, completeness-wise, it is definitely inferior. But here are

Re: [ANN] build2 - C++ build toolchain

2016-02-03 Thread Thiago Macieira
On quinta-feira, 4 de fevereiro de 2016 06:34:06 PST Boris Kolpackov wrote: > > Or, put differently, why should we in KDE care? > > Because you wouldn't mind something better? ;-) Then you should be able to provide a couple of benefits. It's called "elevator pitch": if you can't convince someone

Re: [ANN] build2 - C++ build toolchain

2016-02-03 Thread Boris Kolpackov
Hi Milian, Milian Wolff writes: > How does this compare to CMake? It is really hard to describe the difference in a few paragraphs (or even a few pages, for that matter). It is a very different approach (build2 is not a project generator, for starters). My suggestion is to spend 5-10 minutes on

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Re: [ANN] build2 - C++ build toolchain

2016-02-03 Thread Milian Wolff
On Wednesday, February 3, 2016 2:40:21 PM CET Boris Kolpackov wrote: > Hi, > > build2 is an open source, cross-platform toolchain for building and > packaging C++ code. It includes a build system, package manager, and > repository web interface. We've also started cppget.org, a public > repository

[ANN] build2 - C++ build toolchain

2016-02-03 Thread Boris Kolpackov
Hi, build2 is an open source, cross-platform toolchain for building and packaging C++ code. It includes a build system, package manager, and repository web interface. We've also started cppget.org, a public repository of open source C++ packages. This is the first alpha release and currently it i