From: Vincent van Ravesteijn Date: Tue, 01 Nov 2011 23:33:07 GMT Subject: Re: Re: [PATCHv2] Compile fix for MSVC Message-ID: In-Reply-To: > > > > > Maybe if someone donates Jenkins resources, we could make an automatic > > > branch in the future that has git.sln in it (similar to the 'html' > > > branch in git.git). > > > > As long as this means to just run a not so complicated perl script, this > > Could even be done in a commit hook. > > I actually was thinking about something automatic which does not require > any of the busy msysGit developers to do something manual every once in a > while. I thought that a commit hook, was something automatic (iff the busy developers do commit something once in a while). I guess I can even set this up very easily (given push rights, otherwise it will involve manual labor again). > > Just another question. How does the (msys)git community feel about > > adding CMake support ? I can probably do that quite easily. > > There was somebody who strongly favored CMake over any other solution but > was not willing to maintain it in the long run (also, I have to admit that > I have had quite a few problems with CMake, but maybe I am just pampered > by projects that Just Compile...) > The current way of generating a MSVC project is rather outdated, so the worst thing that can happen is that you have a different build system which is not maintained. At least the CMake people will continue to improve on their side. Vincent