Switch to cmake

[HenryMiller1]

I just want to start a discussion about possibly switching to using cmake instead of autotools. I know that I understand cmake better than autotools, and I find it easier to maintain. Not perfect by any means, but it is well supported and not as cryptic as autotools.

Icemon already uses cmake and has to write a custom find_package macro to our dev package, we could provide the configuration for them directly and save a lot of effort.

[HenryMiller1]

Lets keep this to a civil discussion. There are lots of other possible tools to choose from. cmake seems to be one of the most popular ones, and it is desirable to match out downstream (icemon). A list of all possible choices with no pros/cons is not helpful.

[HenryMiller1]

Remember to avoid a bikeshed discussion. If your comments are "I like X", then I like cmake and will make that decision. Does anyone have a constructive reason to disagree with this change, or constructive reason that something else is compellingly better?

[pprkut]

From a packager perspective this sounds reasonable to me, especially if it makes your life easier. Personally, I'm also a cmake fan, so +1 from me :)

[martinm82]

Sounds really good to me as I recently tried to compile icecream with C++11 support and needed some time to figure out how to accomplish this with the current setup. Doing that in CMake is way easier.
Big advantage as well is the support of generators for different build tools (make, ninja, Xcode, etc.)

[pedronavf]

I'm a big fan of CMake and we use it extensively at Netflix. I can help if needed.

[wdobbe]

So has move to CMake been decided ? I am in favor and also a fairly experienced CMake user, so can help if needed.

[HenryMiller1]

I have done some work, you can find my branch. Basically the main code builds on Linux, but none of the other parts needed to make it work. It will be a few weeks before I can get back to that branch though, if you want to look at it that would be fine. -- Henry Miller hank@millerfarm.com

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[wdobbe]

Thanks, I have cloned your icecream repository and started to fix / add stuff in the cmake branch.

[wdobbe]

I have added about 60% of the install targets in my cmake branch, will create a pull-request when done.

[stefbo]

Do you need any support in the transition to CMake? I would like to help.

[wdobbe]

I created a pull request of the work I have done.

[bartoszkosiorek]

I found fork with CMake changes:
https://github.com/wdobbe/icecream/tree/cmake
I could help with macOS build