Re: Is a modern build system acceptable for older platforms

On 2018-05-03 09:29:32 +0900, Yuriy Zhuravlev wrote:
> >
> > I don't think that unsubstantiated hyperbole is the right way to
> > approach the task of convincing the community to adopt the approach
> > you prefer.
>
>
> It's not a hyperbole it's fact and I even talked about it on conference.
> You should just compare all my cmake files with Makefile+.in+.m4 (and msvc
> folder) it was significant reduce code to maintain.
> Anyway all my intention in this field it's to reduce pain and reduce suppor
> time for build system.
> Curren state:
>
> cat `find ./ | grep '\.in\|\.m4\|Makefile\|\/msvc\/'` | wc
>  22942   76111  702163
>
> cat `find ./ | grep 'CMakeLists\|\.cmake'` | wc
>   9160   16604  278061

Given that you don't have feature parity this just seems like trolling.