From: Pau Garcia i Quiles <pgquiles@elpauer.org>
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 2009 22:44:33 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH 10/11] Add MSVC Project file
Message-ID: <3af572ac0908171544w36e98bd7g282660d54a37e872@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <alpine.DEB.1.00.0908172306080.8306@pacific.mpi-cbg.de>

(Sorry for answering some parts now, I didn't realize this text was
there before)

> But here's a clue: you will probably _never_ succeed in getting a
> replacement of the make-based build in git.git by the maintainer.  Make is
> just too ubiquitous and well-established for that.

CMake does not replace Make, it runs a step before CMake


CMakeLists.txt
     |
     |
     |
     v
  Makefile/.vcproj/Eclipse/XCode project/NMakefile
     |
     |
     |
     v
 gcc/VC++/SunCC/whatever
     |
     |
     v
   ld/link.exe/whatever

(see page 10 in my slides for a nicer version :-) )

> If you succeed, I will ask you to do the same for Python, as you clearly
> proved by that point that you are a magician.

I can't do any Python whatsoever, sorry :-)

-- 
Pau Garcia i Quiles
http://www.elpauer.org
(Due to my workload, I may need 10 days to answer)