From: Paolo Bonzini <bonzini@gnu.org>
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 2009 22:21:59 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH 10/11] Add MSVC Project file
Message-ID: <4A89D807.1080202@gnu.org>
In-Reply-To: <3af572ac0908171519h7b72427lba7536506d44460e@mail.gmail.com>


>> This is exactly what I mean by burden.  Why do I have to learn a new
>> system, and suffer the hassle of integrating it into the current build
>> system, which works quite well thankyouverymuch?
>
> Because it works for every platform, including Visual C++, where a
> Bourne shell is not available and where you currently need to maintain
> a different built system.

But it comes with its own share of idiosyncracies.  There are as many 
CMake haters as there are autotools haters.

I don't see CMake being used by git.git before hell freezes over.  For 
msysgit, however, it may be an interesting approach.

> Let's see what I can do.

I'm also curious.

Paolo