Re: CMake (was Re: [fluid-dev] Voice renderer, and fluid_voice_t)

[Pedro Lopez-Cabanillas]

On Monday, June 21, 2010, David Henningsson wrote:
> On 2010-06-20 23:57, Pedro Lopez-Cabanillas wrote:
> > On Sunday, June 20, 2010, David Henningsson wrote:
> >> On 2010-06-20 17:32, Pedro Lopez-Cabanillas wrote:
> >>> On Sunday, June 20, 2010, David Henningsson wrote:
> >>>> To get to know the voice code better, I've done some refactoring which
> >>>> is already in trunk. And as the number of source files increase, so
> >>>> does the need for subdirectories. Any objections to me organizing the
> >>>> source files in subdirectories?
> >>>
> >>> There is an alternative CMake build system in trunk, added in SVN
> >>> revision #287 (3 months ago). See also ticket #38,
> >>> http://sourceforge.net/apps/trac/fluidsynth/ticket/38
> >>>
> >>> I've announced it on this list, and asked for comments and testing.
> >>> Nobody answered, reported problems or success.
> >>>
> >>> Today, it is not possible to compile FluidSynth using this new build
> >>> system, because there are source files that weren't included in
> >>> src/CMakeLists.txt, a file with a simple syntax not very different from
> >>> src/Makefile.am that has been updated.
> >>>
> >>> I think that there are advantages in using CMake (see README.cmake) but
> >>> if nobody else supports it except me, it would be a waste to keep and
> >>> maintain it.
> >>>
> >>> I don't have any objection about organizing the source files in
> >>> subdirectories, but that would require keeping in sync both build
> >>> systems. If you are not interested, please feel free to remove the
> >>> files added in revision #287 and close the ticket #38.
> >>
> >> Right, we need to have a build system discussion, to determine which of
> >> these three ways to take (in no particular order) :
> >>
> >> 1) Maintain autotools and throw CMake out
> >> 2) Maintain CMake and throw autotools out
> >> 3) Maintain both build systems
> >>
> >> I'm not a big autotools fan, but I know the basics. I know almost
> >> nothing about CMake, so I haven't done much about it, hoping that
> >> someone (likely yourself) would keep it up to date.
> >
> > I can do the required maintenance for the CMake build system, but the
> > basic tasks, for instance adding new sources and headers to the build
> > system, is a very trivial task, and you should not be afraid to try. Even
> > without any guidance I'm sure you will be able to accomplish it. And if
> > not, you can request my help at your discretion.
>
> Sounds fair enough to me, for now. I think I'll use CMake for a while
> now and see if I run into trouble. My first impression is that I like it
> - it seems to be more modern and adjusted for today's needs, compared to
> the ancient autotools.
>
> Btw, I've committed an updated CMakeLists.txt and moved files into
> "drivers" subdir (just audio and midi drivers) and an "rvoice" dir (for
> the voice renderer stuff) which will get more files in it soon.
>
> // David

Thanks, it builds OK now!

I've noticed that there is a new option to enable D-Bus client support, for  
rtkit. Do you dare to include it in the CMake build system? 

Regards,
Pedro