[nanomsg] Re: Release packaging and build systems
- From: Gonzalo Diethelm <gonzalo.diethelm@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: nanomsg@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 24 Jul 2013 08:26:15 -0400
If I had to choose between cross-compilation support and Windows support, I
would opt for Windows support. FWIW.
On Wed, Jul 24, 2013 at 5:12 AM, Bruce Mitchener
<bruce.mitchener@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 24, 2013 at 2:38 PM, Martin Sustrik <sustrik@xxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>
>> The downside is, obviously, making it hard for windows-native-only
>> developers to participate in the development. However, the restriction is
>> acceptable. With the current market situation I would guess that Windows
>> devs would treat using minGW as a possibility to learn something from the
>> mainstream programming, rather than as using an obscure build tool.
>>
>
> That isn't how Windows developers will see it. It simply wouldn't get used.
>
> With CMake, you don't have to require that people learn CMake on Windows.
> You can have pre-generated VS solutions in the release tarballs.
>
> CMake supports at least some cross-compilation and I've heard of people
> using it for that. It even works with Crosstool NG.
>
> - Bruce
>
>
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Gonzalo Diethelm
gonzalo.diethelm@xxxxxxxxx
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